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Anne Bradstreet: There is no...

Anne Bradstreet: There is no...

There is no object that we see; no action that we do; no good that we enjoy; no evill that we feel, or fear, but we...

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Mari Evans: I am a...

Mari Evans: I am a...

I am a black woman
the music of my song
some sweet arpeggio of tears
is written in a minor key
and...

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Audre Lorde: If I waited...

Audre Lorde: If I waited...

If I waited to be right before I spoke, I would be sending little cryptic messages on the Ouija board, complaints from...

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Caroline Sheridan Norton: They serve God...

Caroline Sheridan Norton: They serve God...

They serve God well, who serve his creatures.

Source: The Lady of LaGaraye,...

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Ntozake Shange: Our society allows...

Ntozake Shange: Our society allows...

Our society allows people to be absolutely neurotic and totally out of touch with their feelings and everyone else's...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: No question is...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: No question is...

No question is ever settled
Until it is settled right.


Source: Settle the...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: With every deed...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: With every deed...

With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see.

Source:...

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Vera Brittain: I can think...

Vera Brittain: I can think...

I can think of few important movements for reform in which success was won by any method other than that of an...

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Alice Duer Miller: Men are too...

Alice Duer Miller: Men are too...

Men are too emotional to vote. Their conduct at baseball games and political conventions shows this . ....

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Joanna Baillie: O! who shall...

Joanna Baillie: O! who shall...

O! who shall lightly say that fame
is nothing but an empty name?


Source: The...

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Alice Meynell: The sense of...

Alice Meynell: The sense of...

The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of...

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Edith Nesbitt: Little brown brother,...

Edith Nesbitt: Little brown brother,...

Little brown brother, oh! lime brown brother,
Are you awake in the dark?


Source:...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: One ship drives...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: One ship drives...

One ship drives east and another drives west
With the selfsame winds that flow.
'Tis the set of sails and not...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: All love that...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: All love that...

All love that has not friendship for its base,
Is like a mansion built upon the sand.


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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: With care, and...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: With care, and...

With care, and skill, and cunning art,
She parried Time's malicious dart,
And kept the years at bay,
Till...

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Vera Brittain: His secret realisation...

Vera Brittain: His secret realisation...

His secret realisation of his physical cowardice led him to underrate his exceptional moral courage . ....

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Linda Ronstadt: We were raised...

Linda Ronstadt: We were raised...

We were raised with the idea that we had limitless chances and we got very shocked to learn that wasn't the...

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Karen Carpenter: It's kinda nice...

Karen Carpenter: It's kinda nice...

It's kinda nice to be remembered by your peers and your fans, because you can achieve a lot of success and be a creep...

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Fanny Brice: When love is...

Fanny Brice: When love is...

When love is out of your life, you're through in a way. Because while it is there it's like a motor that's going, you...

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Sharon Stone: We Barbie dolls...

Sharon Stone: We Barbie dolls...

We Barbie dolls are not supposed to behave the way I do.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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