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Sarah Bernhardt: Legend remains victorious...

Sarah Bernhardt: Legend remains victorious...

Legend remains victorious in spite of history.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Brigitte Bardot: If we don't...

Brigitte Bardot: If we don't...

If we don't get an answer, we will, strengthened by the support we receive, try to overthrow the...

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Mary Astell: There is not...

Mary Astell: There is not...

There is not anything so excellent, but some will carp at it. . .

Source: Quoted in...

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Elizabeth Montagu: Minds ripen at...

Elizabeth Montagu: Minds ripen at...

Minds ripen at very different ages.

Source: Letter to Mrs. William Robinson, her...

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Elizabeth Montagu: . . ....

Elizabeth Montagu: . . ....

. . . there is a much higher character from that of a wit or a poet or a savant, which is that of a rational sociable...

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Elizabeth Hardwick: The greatest gift...

Elizabeth Hardwick: The greatest gift...

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge...

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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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Margaret Sanger: Diplomats make it...

Margaret Sanger: Diplomats make it...

Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts.

Source: Woman and the New...

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Martina Navratilova: I just try...

Martina Navratilova: I just try...

I just try to concentrate on concentrating.

Source: In US Magazine, 20 Oct...

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Eudora Welty: It had been...

Eudora Welty: It had been...

It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were...

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Anne Hutchinson: What from the...

Anne Hutchinson: What from the...

What from the Church at Boston? I know no such church, neither will I own it. Call it the whore and strumpet of...

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Peace Pilgrim: Before the tongue...

Peace Pilgrim: Before the tongue...

Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound.

Source: In The...

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Greta Garbo: Every one of...

Greta Garbo: Every one of...

Every one of us lives his life just once; if we are honest, to live once is enough.

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Peace Pilgrim: Anything you cannot...

Peace Pilgrim: Anything you cannot...

Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a...

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Greta Garbo: I never said,...

Greta Garbo: I never said,...

I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be left alone.' There is all the...

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Naomi Weisstein: It's as if...

Naomi Weisstein: It's as if...

It's as if we women are in a totally rigged race. A lot of men are driving souped-up low slung racing cars, and we're...

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Diane Arbus: A photograph is...

Diane Arbus: A photograph is...

A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.

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Mary Catherine Bateson: The Christian tradition...

Mary Catherine Bateson: The Christian tradition...

The Christian tradition was passed on to me as a great rich mixture, a bouillabaisse of human imagination and wonder...

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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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Abigail Adams: Wisdom and penetration...

Abigail Adams: Wisdom and penetration...

Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call...

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