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Alice Dunbar-Nelson: In every race,...

Alice Dunbar-Nelson: In every race,...

In every race, in every nation, and in every clime in every period of history there is always an eager-eyed group of...

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Letitia Landon: Were it not...

Letitia Landon: Were it not...

Were it not better to forget
Than to remember and regret?


Source: From an...

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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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Vera Brittain: The idea that...

Vera Brittain: The idea that...

The idea that it is necessary to go to a university in order to become a successful writer . . . is one of those...

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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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Coco Chanel: Success is often...

Coco Chanel: Success is often...

Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

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Zora Neale Hurston: Mama exhorted her...

Zora Neale Hurston: Mama exhorted her...

Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to jump at de sun. We might not land on the sun, but at least we would...

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Terry McMillan: Too many of...

Terry McMillan: Too many of...

Too many of us are hung up on what we don't have, can't have, or won't ever have. We spend too much energy being down,...

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Wendy Wasserstein: Sometimes I want...

Wendy Wasserstein: Sometimes I want...

Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, respect me, I'm a respectable grown-up, and other times I...

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Emma Lazarus: Give me your...

Emma Lazarus: Give me your...

Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming...

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Zsa Zsa Gabor: I don't remember...

Zsa Zsa Gabor: I don't remember...

I don't remember anybody's name. How do you think the dahling'' thing got started?

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Katharine Hepburn: Without discipline, there's...

Katharine Hepburn: Without discipline, there's...

Without discipline, there's no life at all.

Source: The Dick Cavett Show -- ABC,...

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Sophia Loren: A woman's dress...

Sophia Loren: A woman's dress...

A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the...

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Helen Hayes: From your parents...

Helen Hayes: From your parents...

From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you...

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Marilyn Monroe: I used to...

Marilyn Monroe: I used to...

I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me,...

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Marilyn Monroe: I don't want...

Marilyn Monroe: I don't want...

I don't want to make money. I just want to be wonderful.

Source: The First Ms....

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Mary Pickford: One of the...

Mary Pickford: One of the...

One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay is the loss of that most...

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Lauren Bacall: Imagination is the...

Lauren Bacall: Imagination is the...

Imagination is the highest kite that one can fly.

Source: In Lauren Bacall, By...

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Marjorie Main: PA: Ought'a put...

Marjorie Main: PA: Ought'a put...

PA: Ought'a put up a towel rack ma . . . .
MA: No one is stopping you, that I know of . ....

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Anouk Aimee: The more the...

Anouk Aimee: The more the...

The more the years go by, the less I know. But if you give explanations and understand everything, then nothing can...

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