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Kathleen Turner: There's something so...

Kathleen Turner: There's something so...

There's something so muffled about the way you experience things. It's as if you were trying to slip through life...

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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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Catherine the Great: I am one...

Catherine the Great: I am one...

I am one of the people who love the why of things.

Source: Letter, 20 Jan...

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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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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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Greta Garbo: Is there anything...

Greta Garbo: Is there anything...

Is there anything better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within...

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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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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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Jane Harrison: A young and...

Jane Harrison: A young and...

A young and vital child knows no limit to his own will . . . . It is not that he wants at the outset to fight other...

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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: I wonder that...

Charlotte Forten Grimke: I wonder that...

I wonder that every colored person is not a misanthrope. Surely we have everything to make us hate...

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Barbara Tuchman: Books are the...

Barbara Tuchman: Books are the...

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought...

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Hillary Rodham Clinton: You show people...

Hillary Rodham Clinton: You show people...

You show people what you're willing to fight for when you fight your friends.

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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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Golda Meir: Those who don't...

Golda Meir: Those who don't...

Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either.

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Jill Ruckelshaus: I have no...

Jill Ruckelshaus: I have no...

I have no hostility towards men. Some of my best friends are men. I married a man, and my father was a...

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Margaret Thatcher: I have a...

Margaret Thatcher: I have a...

I have a habit of comparing the phraseology of communiques . . . noting a certain similarity of words, a certain...

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Shirley Chisholm: Of my two...

Shirley Chisholm: Of my two...

Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black.

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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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