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Rosalind Russell: When something [an...

Rosalind Russell: When something [an...

When something [an affliction] happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat...

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Mary Astor: The man who...

Mary Astor: The man who...

The man who goes fishing gets something more than the fish he catches.

Source: From...

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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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Anouk Aimee: What helps me...

Anouk Aimee: What helps me...

What helps me go forward is that I stay receptive, I feel that anything can happen.

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Gwendolyn Brooks: Be careful what...

Gwendolyn Brooks: Be careful what...

Be careful what you swallow. Chew!

Source: Advice to graduates, Buena Vista...

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Gwendolyn Bennett: Brushes and paints...

Gwendolyn Bennett: Brushes and paints...

Brushes and paints are all I have
To speak the music in my soul . . .


Source:...

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Barbara Bush: Bias has to...

Barbara Bush: Bias has to...

Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are...

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Emily Dickinson: Tis so much...

Emily Dickinson: Tis so much...

'Tis so much joy! 'Tis so much joy! If I should fail, what poverty! And yet, as poor as I Have ventured all upon a...

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Judith Martin: Ideological differences are...

Judith Martin: Ideological differences are...

Ideological differences are no excuse for rudeness.

Source: Miss Manner's Guide to...

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Simone Weil: A science which...

Simone Weil: A science which...

A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.

Source: Gravity and...

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Anne Hutchinson: She was a...

Anne Hutchinson: She was a...

She was a woman of haughty and fierce carriage, a nimble wit and active spirit, a very voluble tongue, more bold than...

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Peace Pilgrim: Keep your feet...

Peace Pilgrim: Keep your feet...

Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights.

Source: In The...

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Bonnie Blair: No matter what...

Bonnie Blair: No matter what...

No matter what the competition is, I try to find a goal that day and better that goal.

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Amelia Earhart: Courage is the...

Amelia Earhart: Courage is the...

Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace,
The soul that knows it not, knows no release
From...

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Naomi Weisstein: Except for their...

Naomi Weisstein: Except for their...

Except for their genitals, I don't know what immutable differences exist between men and women. [U]ntil social...

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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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Barbara De Angelis: In order to...

Barbara De Angelis: In order to...

In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a...

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Barbara De Angelis: The greatest gift...

Barbara De Angelis: The greatest gift...

The greatest gift you and your partner can give your children is the example of an intimate, healthy, and loving...

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Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: Delicacy is to...

Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: Delicacy is to...

Delicacy is to love what grace is to beauty.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold, by Abby...

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M F K Fisher: . . ....

M F K Fisher: . . ....

. . . word-sniffing . . . is an addiction, like glue -- or snow -- sniffing in a somewhat less destructive way,...

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