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Mary Baker Eddy: Truth is immortal;...

Mary Baker Eddy: Truth is immortal;...

Truth is immortal; error is mortal.

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Lucretia Mott: The world has...

Lucretia Mott: The world has...

The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains...

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Billie Jean King: It's really impossible...

Billie Jean King: It's really impossible...

It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're a child, still playing a game. But on the...

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Amelia Earhart: It seems to...

Amelia Earhart: It seems to...

It seems to me that the effect of having other interests beyond those exclusively domestic works well. The more one...

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Victoria Claffin Woodhull: The will of...

Victoria Claffin Woodhull: The will of...

The will of the entire people is the true basis of republican government, and a free expression . . . by the public...

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Bonnie Blair: I don't remember...

Bonnie Blair: I don't remember...

I don't remember the first time I skated on ice, I was too young. I do remember falling in love with that...

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Beryl Markham: Success breeds confidence....

Beryl Markham: Success breeds confidence....

Success breeds confidence.

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Peace Pilgrim: As I lived...

Peace Pilgrim: As I lived...

As I lived up to the highest light I had, higher and higher light came to me.

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Charleszetta Waddles: . ....

Charleszetta Waddles: . ....

. . . I believe that you cannot go any further than you can think. I certainly believe if you don't desire a thing,...

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Mary Daly: Women have had...

Mary Daly: Women have had...

Women have had the power of naming stolen from us. We have not been free to use our own power to name ourselves, the...

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Elsa Schiaparelli: Eating is not...

Elsa Schiaparelli: Eating is not...

Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to...

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Cornelia Otis Skinner: [T]he food choice...

Cornelia Otis Skinner: [T]he food choice...

[T]he food choice of others is becoming more and more heatedly exclusive until it may well turn into one of those...

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Shelagh Delaney: Why don't you...

Shelagh Delaney: Why don't you...

Why don't you learn from my mistakes? It takes half your life to learn from your own.

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Lady Bird Johnson: It's odd that...

Lady Bird Johnson: It's odd that...

It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don't quite fully share the...

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Hannah Arendt: We have almost...

Hannah Arendt: We have almost...

We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of...

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Indira Gandhi: A nation' s...

Indira Gandhi: A nation' s...

A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from...

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Mary McLeod Bethune: The drums of...

Mary McLeod Bethune: The drums of...

The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl...

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Mary McLeod Bethune: There is a...

Mary McLeod Bethune: There is a...

There is a place in God's sun for the youth farthest down who has the vision, the determination, and the courage to...

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St Teresa of Avila: It is true...

St Teresa of Avila: It is true...

It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not be always the same . ....

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Clara Barton: Economy, prudence, and...

Clara Barton: Economy, prudence, and...

Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their...

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