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Suzanne K Langer: If a work...

Suzanne K Langer: If a work...

If a work of art is a projection of feeling, [its] kinship with organic nature will emerge, no matter through how many...

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Mary Baker Eddy: If Christianity is...

Mary Baker Eddy: If Christianity is...

If Christianity is not scientific, and Science is not God, then there is no invariable law, and truth becomes an...

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Dolores Huerta: Don't be a...

Dolores Huerta: Don't be a...

Don't be a marshmallow. Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk. Stop being vegetables. Work for...

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Barbara Deming: To resort to...

Barbara Deming: To resort to...

To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective action...

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Pamela Hansford Johnson: We demand that...

Pamela Hansford Johnson: We demand that...

We demand that people should be true to the pictures we have of them, no matter how repulsive those pictures may be:...

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Bonnie Blair: My parents put...

Bonnie Blair: My parents put...

My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've always liked...

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Althea Gibson: Most of us...

Althea Gibson: Most of us...

Most of us who aspire to be tops in our fields don't really consider the amount of work required to stay...

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Beryl Markham: You can live...

Beryl Markham: You can live...

You can live a lifetime and, at the end of it, know more about other people than you know about...

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Amelia Earhart: There is so...

Amelia Earhart: There is so...

There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.

Source: In...

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Jeanne-Marie Roland: The feeble tremble...

Jeanne-Marie Roland: The feeble tremble...

The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, the skillful direct...

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Chris Evert Lloyd: I realized that...

Chris Evert Lloyd: I realized that...

I realized that with hard work, the world was your oyster. You could do anything you wanted to do. I learned that at a...

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Amelia Earhart: The woman who...

Amelia Earhart: The woman who...

The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.

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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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Simone Weil: Real genius is...

Simone Weil: Real genius is...

Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of...

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Maria Weston Chapman: Don't drag the...

Maria Weston Chapman: Don't drag the...

Don't drag the engine, like an ignoramus, but bring wood and water and flame, like an...

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Sonia Johnson: I am a...

Sonia Johnson: I am a...

I am a warrior in the time of women warriors; the longing for justice is the sword I carry,...

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Hannah Whitall Smith: Decisions of our...

Hannah Whitall Smith: Decisions of our...

Decisions of our will are often directly opposed to the decisions of our emotions. If we are in the habit of...

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Hannah Whitall Smith: The true secret...

Hannah Whitall Smith: The true secret...

The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken...

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Andrea Dworkin: The common erotic...

Andrea Dworkin: The common erotic...

The common erotic project of destroying women makes it possible for men to unite into a brotherhood; this project is...

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