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Mae West: When choosing between...

Mae West: When choosing between...

When choosing between two evils I always like to take the one I've never tried before.

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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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Greta Garbo: I never said,...

Greta Garbo: I never said,...

I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be left alone.' There is all the...

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Exciting literature after...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Exciting literature after...

Exciting literature after supper is not the best digestive.

Source: The Living of...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: The desire of...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: The desire of...

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the...

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Flannery O'Connor: Conviction without experience...

Flannery O'Connor: Conviction without experience...

Conviction without experience makes for harshness.

Source: The Habit of Being,...

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Annie Elizabeth Delany: I thought I...

Annie Elizabeth Delany: I thought I...

I thought I could change the world. It took me a hundred years to figure out I can't change the world. I can only...

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Joyce Brothers: Before your dreams...

Joyce Brothers: Before your dreams...

Before your dreams can come true, you have to have those dreams.

Source: In The...

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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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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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St Teresa of Avila: Untilled soil, however...

St Teresa of Avila: Untilled soil, however...

Untilled soil, however fertile it may be, will bear thistles and thorns; and so it is with man's...

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Florence Scovel Shinn: Every great work,...

Florence Scovel Shinn: Every great work,...

Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and...

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Michelle Obama: Your story is...

Michelle Obama: Your story is...

Your story is what you have, what you will always have. It is something to own.

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