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Lady Bird Johnson: It's odd that...

Lady Bird Johnson: It's odd that...

It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don't quite fully share the...

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Mary Todd Lincoln: Clouds and darkness...

Mary Todd Lincoln: Clouds and darkness...

Clouds and darkness surround us, yet Heaven is just, and the day of triumph will surely come, when justice and truth...

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Sandra Bernhard: On one side...

Sandra Bernhard: On one side...

On one side you have book burners, Congressional wives and Pat Robertson. On the other side, you have vulgar...

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Charlotte Bronte: If you are...

Charlotte Bronte: If you are...

If you are cast in a different mould to the majority, it is no merit of yours: Nature did...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Measure not the...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Measure not the...

Measure not the work
Until the day's out and the labour done,
Then bring your...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Since when was...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Since when was...

Since when was genius found respectable?

Source: Aurora Leigh, bk. 6, 1857.
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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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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: I believe that...

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: I believe that...

I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word,...

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Han Suyin: There is nothing...

Han Suyin: There is nothing...

There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.

Source: A Many Spendored...

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Anna Julia Cooper: It these broken...

Anna Julia Cooper: It these broken...

It these broken utterances can in any way help to a clearer vision and a truer pulse-beat in studying the Nation's...

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Maria Montessori: The teacher must...

Maria Montessori: The teacher must...

The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must...

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Mary Ritter Beard: The volumes which...

Mary Ritter Beard: The volumes which...

The volumes which record the history of the human race are filled with the deeds and the words of great men . . ....

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Barbara De Angelis: Men aren't the...

Barbara De Angelis: Men aren't the...

Men aren't the way they are because they want to drive women crazy; they've been trained to be that way for thousands...

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

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

The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to...

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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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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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Harriet Beecher Stowe: I no more...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: I no more...

I no more thought of style or literary excellence than the mother who rushes into the street and cries for help to...

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Hillary Rodham Clinton: What we have...

Hillary Rodham Clinton: What we have...

What we have to do . . . is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our...

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Mary Frances Berry: If Rosa Parks...

Mary Frances Berry: If Rosa Parks...

If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in the bus in Montgomery, she'd still be...

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Michelle Obama: Failure is an...

Michelle Obama: Failure is an...

Failure is an important part of your growth and developing resilience. Don?t be afraid to...

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