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Etty Hillesum: Sometimes the most...

Etty Hillesum: Sometimes the most...

Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths, or the turning inwards...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: The more we...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: The more we...

The more we know, the better we forgive. Whoe'er feels deeply, feels for all that live.

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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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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Wit lies in...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Wit lies in...

Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are...

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: My dreams were...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: My dreams were...

My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed -- my dearest pleasure...

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Jill Ruckelshaus: We are in...

Jill Ruckelshaus: We are in...

We are in for a very, very long haul. . . . I am asking for everything you have to give. We will never give up. ....

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Dianne Feinstein: Women have begun...

Dianne Feinstein: Women have begun...

Women have begun to see that if I go through that doorway, I take everybody through it.

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Geraldine Ferraro: I should have...

Geraldine Ferraro: I should have...

I should have had a circuitous answer that was a non-answer.

Source: On initial...

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Ruth Benedict: The trouble with...

Ruth Benedict: The trouble with...

The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers.

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Lily Tomlin: Sometimes I feel...

Lily Tomlin: Sometimes I feel...

Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination.

Source: In Webster's...

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Ingrid Bergman: It's not whether...

Ingrid Bergman: It's not whether...

It's not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.

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Michelle Pfeiffer: For me, getting...

Michelle Pfeiffer: For me, getting...

For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard -- that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of...

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Mae West: I'm no model...

Mae West: I'm no model...

I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.

Source: In An...

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Ethel Watts Mumford: Don't take the...

Ethel Watts Mumford: Don't take the...

Don't take the will for the deed; get the deed!

Source: In The Last Word - A...

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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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Betty Friedan: Aging is not...

Betty Friedan: Aging is not...

Aging is not 'lost youth' but a new stage of opportunity and strength.

Source: In...

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Amelia Earhart: Women must try...

Amelia Earhart: Women must try...

Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail their failure must be but a challenge to...

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Rachel Carson: Every mystery solved...

Rachel Carson: Every mystery solved...

Every mystery solved brings us to the threshold of a greater one.

Source: In...

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Susanna Moodie: Large parties given...

Susanna Moodie: Large parties given...

Large parties given to very young children . . . foster the passions of vanity and envy, and produce a love of dress...

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Sarah Winnemucca: I would place...

Sarah Winnemucca: I would place...

I would place al1 the Indians of Nevada on ships in our harbor, take them to New York and land them there as...

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