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Bella Abzug: They are a...

Bella Abzug: They are a...

They are a very extensive minority who have suffered discrimination and who have the same right to participation in...

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Sarah Louise Delany: Oh, Mama was...

Sarah Louise Delany: Oh, Mama was...

Oh, Mama was a smart woman. It takes a smart woman to fall in love with a good man.

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Elizabeth Gould Davis: The most wasteful...

Elizabeth Gould Davis: The most wasteful...

The most wasteful brain drain in America today is the drain in the kitchen sink.

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Anne Wilson Schaef: I realize that...

Anne Wilson Schaef: I realize that...

I realize that humor isn't for everyone. It's only for people who want to have fun, enjoy life, and feel...

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Suzanne K Langer: Every artistic form...

Suzanne K Langer: Every artistic form...

Every artistic form reflects the dynamism that is constantly building up the life of...

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Rose Elizabeth Bird: The judiciary must...

Rose Elizabeth Bird: The judiciary must...

The judiciary must not take on the coloration of whatever may be popular at the moment. [W]e are guardian of rights,...

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Doroth?e DeLuzy: I have only...

Doroth?e DeLuzy: I have only...

I have only to take up this or that to flood my soul with memories.

Source: In The...

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Sarah Winnemucca: The saddest day...

Sarah Winnemucca: The saddest day...

The saddest day hath gleams of light,
The darkest wave hath bright foam beneath it,
The twinkles o'er the...

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Mary Jean LeTendre: Let us never...

Mary Jean LeTendre: Let us never...

Let us never confuse stability with stagnation.

Source:
-- Mary Jean LeTendre,...

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Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: Prayer is more...

Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: Prayer is more...

Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to a...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: Do I believe...

Marie Anne du Deffand: Do I believe...

Do I believe in ghosts? No, but I'm afraid of them.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: Women are never...

Marie Anne du Deffand: Women are never...

Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weakness.

Source:...

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Mary Jean LeTendre: Excellence in education...

Mary Jean LeTendre: Excellence in education...

Excellence in education need not mean elitism, and equity need not mean mediocrity.

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Mary Ritter Beard: Action without study...

Mary Ritter Beard: Action without study...

Action without study fatal. Study without action is futile.

Source: In The Forbes...

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Lillian Carter: Jimmy says he'll...

Lillian Carter: Jimmy says he'll...

Jimmy says he'll never tell a lie. Well, I lie all the time. 1 have to -- to balance the family...

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Joyce Brothers: If Shakespeare had...

Joyce Brothers: If Shakespeare had...

If Shakespeare had had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: ...a disgruntled reflection...

Mary Catherine Bateson: ...a disgruntled reflection...

...a disgruntled reflection on my own life as a sort of desperate improvisation in which I was constantly trying to...

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Nannie Burroughs: When the Negro...

Nannie Burroughs: When the Negro...

When the Negro learns what manner of man he is spiritually, he will wake up all over. He will stop playing white even...

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Susanna Moodie: What a wonderful...

Susanna Moodie: What a wonderful...

What a wonderful faculty is memory! --the most mysterious and inexplicable in the great riddle of life; that plastic...

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bell hooks: . . .there...

bell hooks: . . .there...

. . .there is an element of Play that is almost ritualistic in Black folk life. It serves to mediate the tensions,...

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