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Sylvia Ashton-Warner: I am my...

Sylvia Ashton-Warner: I am my...

I am my own Universe, I my own Professor.

Source: Aug 1941, Myself, 1967.
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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: [My mother] speaks...

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: [My mother] speaks...

[My mother] speaks of my step being a source of life-long pain to her, that it is a living death, etc. By the same...

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Doroth?e DeLuzy: Why are we...

Doroth?e DeLuzy: Why are we...

Why are we so blind? That which we improve, we have; that which we hoard, is not for...

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Ann Plato: [Books] may sleep...

Ann Plato: [Books] may sleep...

[Books] may sleep for a while and be neglected; but whenever the desire of information springs up in the human breast,...

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Marjorie Rosen: Studios, purporting to...

Marjorie Rosen: Studios, purporting to...

Studios, purporting to ease the anguish of Depression reality, transformed movies into the poIitics of fantasy, the...

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Svetlana Alliluyeva: It is human...

Svetlana Alliluyeva: It is human...

It is human nature that rules the world, not governments and regimes.

Source: On...

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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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Queen Victoria: The Queen is...

Queen Victoria: The Queen is...

The Queen is most anxious to enlist every one who can speak or write to join in checking this mad, wicked folly of...

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Tammy Faye Bakker: I always say...

Tammy Faye Bakker: I always say...

I always say shopping is cheaper than a psychiatrist.

Source: In And I Quote, by...

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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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Florence Nightingale: The world is...

Florence Nightingale: The world is...

The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to...

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Emmeline Pankhurst: Justice and judgment...

Emmeline Pankhurst: Justice and judgment...

Justice and judgment lie often a world apart.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations...

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Martina Navratilova: Disability is a...

Martina Navratilova: Disability is a...

Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by...

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Rachel Carson: Every mystery solved...

Rachel Carson: Every mystery solved...

Every mystery solved brings us to the threshold of a greater one.

Source: In...

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Elizabeth Bishop: Icebergs behoove the...

Elizabeth Bishop: Icebergs behoove the...

Icebergs behoove the soul (Both being self-made from elements least visible) to see themselves: fleshed, fair,...

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Martha Washington: I am still...

Martha Washington: I am still...

I am still determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may be. . .

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Emily Post: Ideal conversation must...

Emily Post: Ideal conversation must...

Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings...

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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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Nelly Sachs: Bewitched is half...

Nelly Sachs: Bewitched is half...

Bewitched is half of everything.

Source: Bewitched is half of everything, line 1,...

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