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Martha Washington: The greater part...

Martha Washington: The greater part...

The greater part of our happiness or our misery depends on our dispositions and not on our...

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Zsa Zsa Gabor: Getting divorced just...

Zsa Zsa Gabor: Getting divorced just...

Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you...

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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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Eliza Cook: Why should we...

Eliza Cook: Why should we...

Why should we strive, with cynic frown,
To knock their fairy castles down?


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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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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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Ann Plato: To remove ignorance...

Ann Plato: To remove ignorance...

To remove ignorance is an important branch of benevolence.

Source: In The Black...

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Betty Smith: The difference between...

Betty Smith: The difference between...

The difference between rich and poor is that the poor do everything with their own hands and the rich hire hands to do...

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Patricia Meyer Spacks: Like the adolescent,...

Patricia Meyer Spacks: Like the adolescent,...

Like the adolescent, the artist is a dreamer and a revolutionary; like the adolescent, he often finds his...

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Anna Kournikova: I think that...

Anna Kournikova: I think that...

I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies.

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Grace Speare: Welcome every problem...

Grace Speare: Welcome every problem...

Welcome every problem as an opportunity. Each moment is the great challenge, the best thing that ever happened to you...

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Peace Pilgrim: Many people profess...

Peace Pilgrim: Many people profess...

Many people profess Christianity. Very few live it-almost none. And when you live it people may think you're crazy. It...

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Andrea Dworkin: Feminist art is...

Andrea Dworkin: Feminist art is...

Feminist art is not some tiny creek running off the great river of real art. It is not some crack in an otherwise...

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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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Amelia Earhart: Women must pay...

Amelia Earhart: Women must pay...

Women must pay for everything. . . . They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, But, also, women get more...

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Amelia Earhart: In soloing --...

Amelia Earhart: In soloing --...

In soloing -- as in other activities -- it is far easier to start something than it is to finish...

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Rachel Carson: For the sense...

Rachel Carson: For the sense...

For the sense of smell, almost more than any other, has the power to recall memories and it is a pity that we use it...

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Mary Pettibone Poole: Experience is what...

Mary Pettibone Poole: Experience is what...

Experience is what you get looking for something else.

Source: A Glass Eye at a...

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Georgie Anne Geyer: Follow what you...

Georgie Anne Geyer: Follow what you...

Follow what you love! . . . Don't deign to ask what they are looking for out there. Ask what you have inside. Follow...

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Adelaide A Proctor: One by one...

Adelaide A Proctor: One by one...

One by one the sands are flowing, One by one the moments fall;
Some are coming, some are going; Do not strive to...

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