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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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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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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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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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Barbara Bush: Bias has to...

Barbara Bush: Bias has to...

Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are...

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Rosalynn Carter: You must accept...

Rosalynn Carter: You must accept...

You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that...

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Hermione Gingold: I got all...

Hermione Gingold: I got all...

I got all the schooling any actress needs. That is, I learned to write enough to sign...

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Gracie Allen: They laughed at...

Gracie Allen: They laughed at...

They laughed at Joan of Arc, but she went right ahead and built it.

Source: In The...

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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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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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Bonnie Blair: No matter what...

Bonnie Blair: No matter what...

No matter what the competition is, I try to find a goal that day and better that goal.

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Martina Navratilova: I think the...

Martina Navratilova: I think the...

I think the key is for women not to set any limits.

Source: In Words of Women...

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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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Rosa Parks: I believe that...

Rosa Parks: I believe that...

I believe that we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place...

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Barbara Sher: Real obstacles don't...

Barbara Sher: Real obstacles don't...

Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a...

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Elizabeth Montagu: . . ....

Elizabeth Montagu: . . ....

. . . there is a much higher character from that of a wit or a poet or a savant, which is that of a rational sociable...

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Sandra Day O'Connor: The more education...

Sandra Day O'Connor: The more education...

The more education a woman has, the wider the gap between men's and women's earnings for the same...

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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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Grace Murray Hopper: A ship in...

Grace Murray Hopper: A ship in...

A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.

Source: In Mothers...

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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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