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Patricia Schroeder: When it comes...

Patricia Schroeder: When it comes...

When it comes to college education, American families are paying more and getting less.

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Princess Anne: You, are a...

Princess Anne: You, are a...

You, are a pest, by the very nature of that camera in your hand.

Source: To a...

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Elizabeth Montagu: To judge therefore...

Elizabeth Montagu: To judge therefore...

To judge therefore of Shakespeare by Aristotle's rule is like trying a man by the Laws of one Country who acted under...

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Etty Hillesum: One must also...

Etty Hillesum: One must also...

One must also accept that one has uncreative moments. The more honestly one can accept that, the quicker these moments...

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Patricia Meyer Spacks: Theories by women...

Patricia Meyer Spacks: Theories by women...

Theories by women about women have only recently begun to appear in print. Theories by men about women are...

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Gail Pursell Elliott: Life?s lessons may...

Gail Pursell Elliott: Life?s lessons may...

Life?s lessons may be viewed as difficulties or challenges to be overcome, but in reality they are an exercise in fine...

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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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Marita Bonner: You wonder and...

Marita Bonner: You wonder and...

You wonder and you wonder until you wander out into Infinity, where - if it is to be found anywhere - Truth really...

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Meridel Le Sueur: They never die,...

Meridel Le Sueur: They never die,...

They never die, who have the future in them.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations...

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Barbara Ward: [The Western Colonial...

Barbara Ward: [The Western Colonial...

[The Western Colonial system] shook all the societies in the world loose from their old moorings. But it seems...

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman: To swallow and...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman: To swallow and...

To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human...

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Mae West: Too much of...

Mae West: Too much of...

Too much of a good thing is wonderful.

Source: Mae West: Emotion in Motion, by...

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Ruth Gordon: The best impromptu...

Ruth Gordon: The best impromptu...

The best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance.

Source: In Words...

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Kathleen Turner: I know there...

Kathleen Turner: I know there...

I know there are nights when I have power, when I could put on something and walk in somewhere, and if there is a man...

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Jacqueline Bisset: Character contributes to...

Jacqueline Bisset: Character contributes to...

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.

Source:...

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Sarah Bernhardt: He who is...

Sarah Bernhardt: He who is...

He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will...

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Nelly Sachs: O the chimneys...

Nelly Sachs: O the chimneys...

O the chimneys
On the ingeniously devised habitations of death
When Israel's body drifted as smoke
Through...

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Louise A Bogan: I cannot believe...

Louise A Bogan: I cannot believe...

I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world...

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Frances Watkins Harper: The true aim...

Frances Watkins Harper: The true aim...

The true aim of female education should be, not a development of one or two, but all the faculties of the human soul,...

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Emily Dickinson: Hope is the...

Emily Dickinson: Hope is the...

Hope is the thing with feathers --
That perches in the soul --
And sings the tunes without the words --
And...

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