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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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Adelaide A Proctor: One by one...

Adelaide A Proctor: One by one...

One by one the sands are flowing, One by one the moments fall;
Some are coming, some are going; Do not strive to...

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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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Rita Rudner: Before I met...

Rita Rudner: Before I met...

Before I met my husband I'd never fallen in love, though I'd stepped in it a few times.

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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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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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Kim Cattrall: [Imagination] helps me...

Kim Cattrall: [Imagination] helps me...

[Imagination] helps me to become part of that journey that I'm going through in font of the camera, or in front of an...

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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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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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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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Abigail Adams: Wisdom and penetration...

Abigail Adams: Wisdom and penetration...

Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call...

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Martha Washington: The greater part...

Martha Washington: The greater part...

The greater part of our happiness or our misery depends on our dispositions and not on our...

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Martha Washington: . . ....

Martha Washington: . . ....

. . . steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and cheerful as a cricket. . . .

Source:...

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Amelia Earhart: The more one...

Amelia Earhart: The more one...

The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one's appreciation of...

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Charleszetta Waddles: God knows no...

Charleszetta Waddles: God knows no...

God knows no distance.

Source: Mother Waddles: Black Angel of the Poor, by Lee...

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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: 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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Peace Pilgrim: Before the tongue...

Peace Pilgrim: Before the tongue...

Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound.

Source: In The...

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Peace Pilgrim: Do not suppress...

Peace Pilgrim: Do not suppress...

Do not suppress it-that would hurt you inside. Do not express it-this would not only hurt you inside, it would cause...

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Peace Pilgrim: One little person,...

Peace Pilgrim: One little person,...

One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving some of their time, can make...

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