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Sarah Louise Delany: I never let...

Sarah Louise Delany: I never let...

I never let prejudice stop me from what I wanted to do in this life.

Source: Having...

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Charlotte Forten Grimke: Let me not...

Charlotte Forten Grimke: Let me not...

Let me not forget again that I came not here for friendly sympathy or for anything else but to work, and to work hard....

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Martha Carey Thomas: It is the...

Martha Carey Thomas: It is the...

It is the next step forward on the path to the sunrise, and the sun is rising over a new heaven and a new...

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Grace Murray Hopper: If you do...

Grace Murray Hopper: If you do...

If you do something once, people will call it an accident. If you do it twice, they call it a coincidence. But do it a...

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Patricia Meyer Spacks: The clich? that...

Patricia Meyer Spacks: The clich? that...

The clich? that women, more consistently than men, turn inward for sustenance seems to mean, in practice, that women...

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Naomi Weisstein: Evidence and reason:...

Naomi Weisstein: Evidence and reason:...

Evidence and reason: my heroes and my guides.

Source: Women Look at Biology Looking...

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Gail Pursell Elliott: As a society,...

Gail Pursell Elliott: As a society,...

As a society, we have come to a point where people too often treat one another as objects and opportunities, rather...

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Tammy Faye Bakker: I take Him...

Tammy Faye Bakker: I take Him...

I take Him shopping with me. I say, OK, Jesus, help me find a bargain.

Source:...

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Florence Scovel Shinn: Intuition is a...

Florence Scovel Shinn: Intuition is a...

Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way.

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Eleanor Roosevelt: Character building begins...

Eleanor Roosevelt: Character building begins...

Character building begins in our infancy, and continues until death.

Source: In...

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Shirley Hufstedler: If you play...

Shirley Hufstedler: If you play...

If you play it safe in life, you've decided that you don't want to grow any more.

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Shirley Hufstedler: Security is not...

Shirley Hufstedler: Security is not...

Security is not the meaning of my life. Great opportunities are worth the risks.

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Mary Frances Berry: Civil Rights opened...

Mary Frances Berry: Civil Rights opened...

Civil Rights opened the windows. When you open the windows, it does not mean that everybody will get through. We must...

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Dianne Feinstein: Survival is nothing...

Dianne Feinstein: Survival is nothing...

Survival is nothing more than recovery.

Source: In Boston Globe, 29 May 1983.
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Shirley Chisholm: Tremendous amounts of...

Shirley Chisholm: Tremendous amounts of...

Tremendous amounts of talent are being lost to our society just because that talent wears a...

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Lillian Carter: If I had...

Lillian Carter: If I had...

If I had one wish for my children, it would be that each of them would reach for goals that have meaning for them as...

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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: At first he...

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: At first he...

At first he was very discouraging, to my astonishment then, but now I fancy he did it as a forlorn hope to check me;...

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Sylvia Ashton-Warner: I see the...

Sylvia Ashton-Warner: I see the...

I see the mind of a 5-year-old as a volcano with two vents: destructiveness and...

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Jane Austen: One cannot be...

Jane Austen: One cannot be...

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.

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Dorothy L Sayers: While time lasts...

Dorothy L Sayers: While time lasts...

While time lasts there will always be a future, and that future will hold both good and evil, since the world is made...

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