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Toni Morrison: If there's a...

Toni Morrison: If there's a...

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write...

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Louisa May Alcott: Father asked us...

Louisa May Alcott: Father asked us...

Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never...

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Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: Blessed are those...

Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: Blessed are those...

Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.

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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Conquer but don't...

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Conquer but don't...

Conquer but don't triumph.

Source: Aph, 1905.
-- Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach,...

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George Eliot: There is a...

George Eliot: There is a...

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our...

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Vicki Baum: You don't get...

Vicki Baum: You don't get...

You don't get ulcers from what you eat. You get them from what's eating you.

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Helene Deutsch: It is no...

Helene Deutsch: It is no...

It is no exaggeration to say that among all living creatures, only man, because of his prehensile appendages, is...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: Sharing is sometimes...

Mary Catherine Bateson: Sharing is sometimes...

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Jane Rule: My private measure...

Jane Rule: My private measure...

My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I be content with it? To...

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Gloria Naylor: It ain't really...

Gloria Naylor: It ain't really...

It ain't really what you'd call change. It's all happened before and it'll happen again with a different set of...

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Gloria Naylor: Time's passage through...

Gloria Naylor: Time's passage through...

Time's passage through the memory is like molten glass that can be opaque or crystallize at any given moment at will:...

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Barbara Jordan: We must exchange...

Barbara Jordan: We must exchange...

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse -- what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of...

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Mary Robinson: The aim of...

Mary Robinson: The aim of...

The aim of human rights, if I may borrow a term from engineering, is to move beyond the design and drawing-board...

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Geraldine Ferraro: It was not...

Geraldine Ferraro: It was not...

It was not so very long ago that people thought that semiconductors were part-time orchestra leaders and microchips...

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Geraldine Ferraro: I'd call it...

Geraldine Ferraro: I'd call it...

I'd call it a new version of voodoo economics, but I'm afraid that would give witch doctors a bad...

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Djuna Barnes: She wanted to...

Djuna Barnes: She wanted to...

She wanted to be the reason for everything and so she was the cause of nothing.

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Djuna Barnes: We are beginning...

Djuna Barnes: We are beginning...

We are beginning to wonder whether a servant girl hasn't the best of it after all. She knows how the salad tastes...

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Isak Dinesen: God made the...

Isak Dinesen: God made the...

God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road.

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Toni Cade Bambara: Old folks are...

Toni Cade Bambara: Old folks are...

Old folks are the nation.

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-- Toni Cade Bambara, (Mar 25 1939-1995), US...

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Barbara De Angelis: A man's brain...

Barbara De Angelis: A man's brain...

A man's brain has a more difficult time shifting from thinking to feeling than a women's brain...

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