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Margaret Oliphant: [E]mbarrassment and perplexity...

Margaret Oliphant: [E]mbarrassment and perplexity...

[E]mbarrassment and perplexity are a kind of natural accompaniment to life and movement; and it is better to be driven...

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Susanna Moodie: Large parties given...

Susanna Moodie: Large parties given...

Large parties given to very young children . . . foster the passions of vanity and envy, and produce a love of dress...

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Mary Pettibone Poole: Alcohol is a...

Mary Pettibone Poole: Alcohol is a...

Alcohol is a good preservative for everything but brains.

Source: A Glass Eye at a...

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Ann Landers: Nobody ever drowned...

Ann Landers: Nobody ever drowned...

Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...

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Grace Speare: Think and feel...

Grace Speare: Think and feel...

Think and feel yourself there! To achieve any aim in life, you need to project the end-result. Think of the elation,...

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Mary Astell: If all men...

Mary Astell: If all men...

If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves?

Source: In...

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Christa McAuliffe: I cannot join...

Christa McAuliffe: I cannot join...

I cannot join the space program and restart my life as an astronaut, but this opportunity to connect my abilities as...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Genius is essentially...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Genius is essentially...

Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.

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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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Fanny Crosby: It may seem...

Fanny Crosby: It may seem...

It may seem a little old-fashioned, always to begin one's work with prayer, but I never undertake a hymn without first...

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Johnnetta Betsch Cole: The myth of...

Johnnetta Betsch Cole: The myth of...

The myth of black women profiting at the expense of black men is the oldest rap around.

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Kathe Kollwitz: No longer diverted...

Kathe Kollwitz: No longer diverted...

No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes.

Source: Diaries...

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Est?e Lauder: Never just run...

Est?e Lauder: Never just run...

Never just run out for a few minutes without looking your best. This is not vanity -- it's self-liking. Your face is...

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Mae West: It isn't what...

Mae West: It isn't what...

It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it. And how I look when I do it and say...

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Bessie Smith: There's nineteen men...

Bessie Smith: There's nineteen men...

There's nineteen men livin' in my neighborhood,
Eighteen of them are fools
and the one ain't no doggone...

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Ethel Barrymore: When life knocks...

Ethel Barrymore: When life knocks...

When life knocks you to your knees, and it will, why, get up! If it knocks you to your knees again, as it will, well,...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: The beautiful seems...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: The beautiful seems...

The beautiful seems right by force of beauty and the feeble wrong because of weakness.

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: God's gifts put...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: God's gifts put...

God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.

Source: Sonnets From the Portuguese,...

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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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Mary Kay Ash: A mediocre idea...

Mary Kay Ash: A mediocre idea...

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no...

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