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Annie Elizabeth Delany: I thought I...

Annie Elizabeth Delany: I thought I...

I thought I could change the world. It took me a hundred years to figure out I can't change the world. I can only...

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Karen Horney: Is not the...

Karen Horney: Is not the...

Is not the tremendous strength in men of the impulse to creative work in every field precisely due to their feeling of...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: Human beings do...

Mary Catherine Bateson: Human beings do...

Human beings do not eat nutrients, they eat food.

Source: With a Daughter's Eye,...

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Diane Ravitch: The person who...

Diane Ravitch: The person who...

The person who knows how will always have a job. The person who knows why will always be his...

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Martha Carey Thomas: . . ....

Martha Carey Thomas: . . ....

. . . a woman can be a woman and a true one without having all her time engrossed by dress and...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: The voice of...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: The voice of...

The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to...

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Carol Moseley-Braun: It's hard to...

Carol Moseley-Braun: It's hard to...

It's hard to be the first. It's almost as if I'm subject to a different level of...

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Martha Wright Griffiths: My grandmother wanted...

Martha Wright Griffiths: My grandmother wanted...

My grandmother wanted to live long enough to vote for a woman president. I'll be satisfied if I live to see a woman go...

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Christina of Sweden: Fools are more...

Christina of Sweden: Fools are more...

Fools are more to be feared than the wicked.

Source: Maxims, 1660-1680, in Pensees...

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Mary McLeod Bethune: From the first,...

Mary McLeod Bethune: From the first,...

From the first, I made my learning, what little it was, useful every way I could.

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Mae West: When choosing between...

Mae West: When choosing between...

When choosing between two evils I always like to take the one I've never tried before.

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Brigitte Bardot: I am leaving...

Brigitte Bardot: I am leaving...

I am leaving the town to the invaders: increasingly numerous, mediocre, dirty, badly behaved, shameless...

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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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Althea Gibson: No matter what...

Althea Gibson: No matter what...

No matter what accomplishments you achieve, somebody helps you.

Source: In Time, 26...

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Ada Louise Huxtable: Superfluous curtains that...

Ada Louise Huxtable: Superfluous curtains that...

Superfluous curtains that needlessly cover glass would give Salome a lifetime supply of...

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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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Mary Daly: Courage to be...

Mary Daly: Courage to be...

Courage to be is the key to revelatory power of the feminist revolution.

Source: In...

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Starhawk: Each being is...

Starhawk: Each being is...

Each being is sacred -- meaning that each has inherent value that cannot be ranked in a hierarchy or compared to the...

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Ella Baker: I have always...

Ella Baker: I have always...

I have always felt it was a handicap for oppressed peoples to depend so largely upon a leader, because unfortunately...

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Grace Speare: Welcome every problem...

Grace Speare: Welcome every problem...

Welcome every problem as an opportunity. Each moment is the great challenge, the best thing that ever happened to you...

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