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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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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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Ivy Baker Priest: Any woman who...

Ivy Baker Priest: Any woman who...

Any woman who has a career and a family automatically develops something in the way of two personalities, like two...

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Mary Frances Berry: My teachers treated...

Mary Frances Berry: My teachers treated...

My teachers treated me as a diamond in the rough, someone who needed smoothing.

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Michelle Obama: Failure is an...

Michelle Obama: Failure is an...

Failure is an important part of your growth and developing resilience. Don?t be afraid to...

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Queen Mother Elizabeth: I'm glad we've...

Queen Mother Elizabeth: I'm glad we've...

I'm glad we've been bombed. It makes me feel I can look the East End in the face.

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Princess Anne: When I appear...

Princess Anne: When I appear...

When I appear in public people expect me to neigh, grind my teeth, paw the ground and swish my tail - none of which is...

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Mary Baker Eddy: I would no...

Mary Baker Eddy: I would no...

I would no more quarrel with a man because of his religion than I would because of his...

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Emma Goldman: Revolution is but...

Emma Goldman: Revolution is but...

Revolution is but thought carried into action.

Source: In The Feminist Papers, ed....

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Ella Baker: The major job...

Ella Baker: The major job...

The major job was getting people to understand that they had something within their power that they could use, and it...

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Ethel Percy Andrus: Such to me...

Ethel Percy Andrus: Such to me...

Such to me is the new image of aging; growth in self, and service for all mankind.

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Amy Strum Alcott: Concentrate, play your...

Amy Strum Alcott: Concentrate, play your...

Concentrate, play your game, and don't be afraid to win.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Bonnie Blair: I don't remember...

Bonnie Blair: I don't remember...

I don't remember the first time I skated on ice, I was too young. I do remember falling in love with that...

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Chris Evert Lloyd: Now that I'm...

Chris Evert Lloyd: Now that I'm...

Now that I'm losing some, I can see how tough I was -- the killer instinct, the single-mindedness, playing like a...

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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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Simone Weil: The work of...

Simone Weil: The work of...

The work of art which I do not make, none other will ever make it.

Source: The...

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Mary Baker Eddy: If Christianity is...

Mary Baker Eddy: If Christianity is...

If Christianity is not scientific, and Science is not God, then there is no invariable law, and truth becomes an...

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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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Andrea Dworkin: Male supremacy is...

Andrea Dworkin: Male supremacy is...

Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms...

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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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