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Emmeline Pankhurst: There is something...

Emmeline Pankhurst: There is something...

There is something that Governments care for far more than human life, and that is the security of property, and so it...

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Barbara Sher: You must go...

Barbara Sher: You must go...

You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has...

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Helen Rowland: Call the bald...

Helen Rowland: Call the bald...

Call the bald man, Boy; make the sage thy toy;
Greet the youth with solemn face; praise the fat man for his...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: I believe that...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: I believe that...

I believe that what women resent is not so much giving herself in pieces as giving herself...

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Peggy Noonan: Now he is...

Peggy Noonan: Now he is...

Now he is a statesman, when what he really wants is to be what most reporters are, adult...

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Catherine Drinker Bowen: There is a...

Catherine Drinker Bowen: There is a...

There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as...

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Gail Sheehy: It is a...

Gail Sheehy: It is a...

It is a paradox that as we reach out prime, we also see there is a place where it...

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Ellen Glasgow: A tragic irony...

Ellen Glasgow: A tragic irony...

A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which...

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Lydia M Child: Every human being...

Lydia M Child: Every human being...

Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not...

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Eudora Welty: Long before I...

Eudora Welty: Long before I...

Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to...

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Eudora Welty: Writing fiction has...

Eudora Welty: Writing fiction has...

Writing fiction has developed in me an abiding respect for the unknown in a human lifetime and a sense of where to...

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Mary McCarthy: There are no...

Mary McCarthy: There are no...

There are no new truths, but only truths that have not been recognized by those who have perceived them without...

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Gloria Naylor: Time's passage through...

Gloria Naylor: Time's passage through...

Time's passage through the memory is like molten glass that can be opaque or crystallize at any given moment at will:...

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Clara Barton: I may be...

Clara Barton: I may be...

I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed...

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Ann Richards: There is a...

Ann Richards: There is a...

There is a lot more to life than just struggling to make money.

Source: CBS -...

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Marie Antoinette: I have seen...

Marie Antoinette: I have seen...

I have seen all, I have heard all, I have forgotten all.

Source: Reply to...

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Ruth Benedict: Culture is not...

Ruth Benedict: Culture is not...

Culture is not a biologically transmitted complex.

Source: Patterns of Culture,...

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Francoise Sagan: There are moments...

Francoise Sagan: There are moments...

There are moments when you feel trapped, ill at ease. A year later the same feeling can turn out to be the theme of a...

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Muriel Spark: One should only...

Muriel Spark: One should only...

One should only see a psychiatrist out of boredom.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold, by...

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Willa Cather: What was any...

Willa Cather: What was any...

What was any art but an effort to make a sheath, a mold in which to imprison for a moment the shining, elusive element...

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