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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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Barbra Streisand: Why does a...

Barbra Streisand: Why does a...

Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she...

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Lucretia Mott: The world has...

Lucretia Mott: The world has...

The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains...

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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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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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Grace Speare: Only one thing...

Grace Speare: Only one thing...

Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind: repetitive application -- practice. What you practice is what you...

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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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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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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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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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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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Corrie Ten Boom: Forgiveness is an...

Corrie Ten Boom: Forgiveness is an...

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the...

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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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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: One must choose...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: One must choose...

One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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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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Geraldine Ferraro: We fought hard....

Geraldine Ferraro: We fought hard....

We fought hard. We gave it our best. We did what was right and we made a difference.

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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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Elizabeth Blackwell: It is well...

Elizabeth Blackwell: It is well...

It is well worth the efforts of a life-time to have attained knowledge which justifies an attack on the root of all...

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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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