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Shirley Hufstedler: The rhythm of...

Shirley Hufstedler: The rhythm of...

The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the key to...

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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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Queen Mother Elizabeth: The children will...

Queen Mother Elizabeth: The children will...

The children will not leave unless I do. I shall not leave unless their father does, and the King will not leave the...

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Mary McLeod Bethune: There is a...

Mary McLeod Bethune: There is a...

There is a place in God's sun for the youth farthest down who has the vision, the determination, and the courage to...

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St Teresa of Avila: . . ....

St Teresa of Avila: . . ....

. . . about the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don't go by one text...

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Annie Elizabeth Delany: Turning one hundred...

Annie Elizabeth Delany: Turning one hundred...

Turning one hundred was the worst birthday of my life. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Turning 101 was not so...

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Maria Montessori: If an educational...

Maria Montessori: If an educational...

If an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only one which tends to help toward the complete unfolding of...

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Maria Montessori: If we can,...

Maria Montessori: If we can,...

If we can, when we have established individual discipline, arrange the children, sending each one to his own place, in...

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: There is no...

Eleanor Holmes Norton: There is no...

There is no reason to repeat bad history.

Source: For Sadie and Maude, In...

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Grace Speare: Welcome every problem...

Grace Speare: Welcome every problem...

Welcome every problem as an opportunity. Each moment is the great challenge, the best thing that ever happened to you...

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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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Starhawk: The test of...

Starhawk: The test of...

The test of a true myth is that each time you return to it, new insights and interpretations...

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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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Rachel Carson: Beginnings are apt...

Rachel Carson: Beginnings are apt...

Beginnings are apt to be shadowy and so it is the beginnings of the great mother life, the...

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Mignon McLaughlin: Most of us...

Mignon McLaughlin: Most of us...

Most of us would rather risk catastrophe than read the directions.

Source: In...

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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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Martina Navratilova: Being blunt with...

Martina Navratilova: Being blunt with...

Being blunt with your feelings is very American. In this big country, I can be as brash as New York, as hedonistic as...

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Billie Jean King: It's really impossible...

Billie Jean King: It's really impossible...

It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're a child, still playing a game. But on the...

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Wilma Rudolph: When the sun...

Wilma Rudolph: When the sun...

When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to...

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Georgie Anne Geyer: It was when...

Georgie Anne Geyer: It was when...

It was when 'reporters' became 'journalists' and when 'objectivity' gave way to 'searching for the truth,' that an...

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