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Anne Frank: Everyone has inside...

Anne Frank: Everyone has inside...

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much...

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Nellie Melba: My voice has...

Nellie Melba: My voice has...

My voice has been raised not only in song, but to make the big world outside through me, understand something of the...

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Nellie Melba: If I'd been...

Nellie Melba: If I'd been...

If I'd been a housemaid I'd have been the best in Australia -- I couldn't help it. It's got to be perfection for...

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Nikki Giovanni: A white face...

Nikki Giovanni: A white face...

A white face goes with a white mind. Occasionally a black face goes with a white mind. Very seldom a white face will...

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Emily Dickinson: Hope is the...

Emily Dickinson: Hope is the...

Hope is the thing with feathers --
That perches in the soul --
And sings the tunes without the words --
And...

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Katharine Hepburn: I can remember...

Katharine Hepburn: I can remember...

I can remember walking as a child. It was not customary to say you were fatigued. It was customary to complete the...

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Tallulah Bankhead: I have been...

Tallulah Bankhead: I have been...

I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be free...

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Mae West: Too much of...

Mae West: Too much of...

Too much of a good thing is wonderful.

Source: Mae West: Emotion in Motion, by...

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Geraldine Chaplin: I didn't fall...

Geraldine Chaplin: I didn't fall...

I didn't fall in love with acting until I did a few films. Now, I couldn't live without...

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Abigail Adams: [A]rbitrary power is...

Abigail Adams: [A]rbitrary power is...

[A]rbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken . ....

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Barbara Bush: You don't just...

Barbara Bush: You don't just...

You don't just luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's...

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Mary Kay Ash: Aerodynamically the bumble...

Mary Kay Ash: Aerodynamically the bumble...

Aerodynamically the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it, so it goes on flying...

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Barbara Ward: [The Western Colonial...

Barbara Ward: [The Western Colonial...

[The Western Colonial system] shook all the societies in the world loose from their old moorings. But it seems...

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Tallulah Bankhead: If you really...

Tallulah Bankhead: If you really...

If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an...

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Sarah Knowles Bolton: The victory of...

Sarah Knowles Bolton: The victory of...

The victory of success is half done when one gains the habit of work.

Source: In...

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Kathleen Turner: There's something so...

Kathleen Turner: There's something so...

There's something so muffled about the way you experience things. It's as if you were trying to slip through life...

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Marilyn Monroe: I've always felt...

Marilyn Monroe: I've always felt...

I've always felt those articles somehow reveal more about the writers than they do about...

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Patricia Schroeder: When it comes...

Patricia Schroeder: When it comes...

When it comes to college education, American families are paying more and getting less.

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Hannah Arendt: Under conditions of...

Hannah Arendt: Under conditions of...

Under conditions of tyranny, it is far easier to act than to think.

Source: quoted...

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Edith Hamilton: To be able...

Edith Hamilton: To be able...

To be able to be caught up into the world of thought -- that is being educated.

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