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Louisa May Alcott: People want to...

Louisa May Alcott: People want to...

People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don't sell nowadays.

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Sylvia Pankhurst: A wondrous city...

Sylvia Pankhurst: A wondrous city...

A wondrous city of fairest carving, reflected in gleaming waters swirled to new patterning by every passing...

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Babe Didrikson Zaharias: My philosophy? Practice,...

Babe Didrikson Zaharias: My philosophy? Practice,...

My philosophy? Practice, practice, practice and win.

Source: In The Golfer's Book...

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Althea Gibson: I always wanted...

Althea Gibson: I always wanted...

I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along...

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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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Marie Curie: One never notices...

Marie Curie: One never notices...

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done . . .

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Diane Sawyer: It's in the...

Diane Sawyer: It's in the...

It's in the preparation -- in those dreary pedestrian virtues they taught you in seventh grade and you didn't believe....

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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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Angelina Grimke: If a law...

Angelina Grimke: If a law...

If a law commands me to sin I will break it; if it calls me to suffer, I will let it take its course...

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Angelina Grimke: I trust the...

Angelina Grimke: I trust the...

I trust the time is coming, when the occupation of an instructor [sic] to children will be deemed the most honorable...

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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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Charlotte Bunch: If you think...

Charlotte Bunch: If you think...

If you think that you are where you are just because you worked hard, it is easy to become self-righteous and make...

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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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Lauren Bacall: The purity of...

Lauren Bacall: The purity of...

The purity of Jewish upbringing is the restrictions that one carries through life being a nice Jewish girl -- what a...

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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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Grandma Moses: I don't advise...

Grandma Moses: I don't advise...

I don't advise any one to take it up as a business proposition, unless they really have talent, and are crippled so as...

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Jinger Heath: Success doesn't necessarily...

Jinger Heath: Success doesn't necessarily...

Success doesn't necessarily make you a happy person. . . . but without the confidence and security that comes from...

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Faith Popcorn: Send me out...

Faith Popcorn: Send me out...

Send me out into another life. But get me back for supper.

Source: The Popcorn...

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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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Mae West: Personality is the...

Mae West: Personality is the...

Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big...

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