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Etty Hillesum: I would ....

Etty Hillesum: I would ....

I would . . . be so exhausted by my determination that I had no strength left to do the actual...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: Human beings do...

Mary Catherine Bateson: Human beings do...

Human beings do not eat nutrients, they eat food.

Source: With a Daughter's Eye,...

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Mary Jean LeTendre: America's future walks...

Mary Jean LeTendre: America's future walks...

America's future walks through the doors of our schools each day.

Source: In...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: I think somehow,...

Eleanor Roosevelt: I think somehow,...

I think somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.

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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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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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Carry Nation: You have put...

Carry Nation: You have put...

You have put me in here a cub, but I will come out roaring like a lion, and I will make all hell...

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Chris Evert Lloyd: You've got to...

Chris Evert Lloyd: You've got to...

You've got to take the initiative and play your game . . . confidence makes the...

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Mary Daly: Women have had...

Mary Daly: Women have had...

Women have had the power of naming stolen from us. We have not been free to use our own power to name ourselves, the...

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Mary Daly: Courage to be...

Mary Daly: Courage to be...

Courage to be is the key to revelatory power of the feminist revolution.

Source: In...

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Ella Baker: I have always...

Ella Baker: I have always...

I have always felt it was a handicap for oppressed peoples to depend so largely upon a leader, because unfortunately...

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Elizabeth Fry: The encouragement of...

Elizabeth Fry: The encouragement of...

The encouragement of industry and frugality among the poor, by visits at their own inhabitations; the relief of real...

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Mary Church Terrell: While most girls...

Mary Church Terrell: While most girls...

While most girls run away from home to marry, I ran away to teach.

Source: A...

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Bonnie Blair: I'm definitely going...

Bonnie Blair: I'm definitely going...

I'm definitely going to miss hearing the sound of that gun.

Source: On her...

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Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: I have long...

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: I have long...

I have long felt that the trouble with discrimination is not discrimination per se, but rather that the people who are...

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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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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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Patricia Neal: Don't forget to...

Patricia Neal: Don't forget to...

Don't forget to duck!

Source: To John Wayne in Operation Pacific, 1951.
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Millicent Fenwick: Never feel self-pity,...

Millicent Fenwick: Never feel self-pity,...

Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to be caught up in the terrible squirrel cage...

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Brigitte Bardot: I am leaving...

Brigitte Bardot: I am leaving...

I am leaving the town to the invaders: increasingly numerous, mediocre, dirty, badly behaved, shameless...

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