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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: God's gifts put...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: God's gifts put...

God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.

Source: Sonnets From the Portuguese,...

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Emily Dickinson: A Deed knocks...

Emily Dickinson: A Deed knocks...

A Deed knocks first at Thought
And then -- it knocks at Will --
That is the manufacturing...

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Sarah Knowles Bolton: The victory of...

Sarah Knowles Bolton: The victory of...

The victory of success is half done when one gains the habit of work.

Source: In...

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Lady Bird Johnson: It's odd that...

Lady Bird Johnson: It's odd that...

It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don't quite fully share the...

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Est?e Lauder: Never just run...

Est?e Lauder: Never just run...

Never just run out for a few minutes without looking your best. This is not vanity -- it's self-liking. Your face is...

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Beverly Sills: My voice had...

Beverly Sills: My voice had...

My voice had a long, nonstop career. It deserves to be put to bed with quiet and dignity, not yanked out every once...

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Nellie Melba: My voice has...

Nellie Melba: My voice has...

My voice has been raised not only in song, but to make the big world outside through me, understand something of the...

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Lynn Fontanne: I lied to...

Lynn Fontanne: I lied to...

I lied to everybody. I lie very well, being an actress, naturally.

Source: On...

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Lauren Bacall: The purity of...

Lauren Bacall: The purity of...

The purity of Jewish upbringing is the restrictions that one carries through life being a nice Jewish girl -- what a...

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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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Ethel Watts Mumford: Don't take the...

Ethel Watts Mumford: Don't take the...

Don't take the will for the deed; get the deed!

Source: In The Last Word - A...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: The beautiful seems...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: The beautiful seems...

The beautiful seems right by force of beauty and the feeble wrong because of weakness.

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Adelle Davis: Nutrition . ....

Adelle Davis: Nutrition . ....

Nutrition . . . has been kicked around like a puppy that cannot take care of itself. Food faddists and crackpots have...

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Johnnetta Betsch Cole: The myth of...

Johnnetta Betsch Cole: The myth of...

The myth of black women profiting at the expense of black men is the oldest rap around.

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Freda Adler: The Rubicons which...

Freda Adler: The Rubicons which...

The Rubicons which women must cross, the sex barriers which they must breach, are ultimately those that exist in the...

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Maria Montessori: The first idea...

Maria Montessori: The first idea...

The first idea that the child must acquire, in order to be actively disciplined, is that of the difference between...

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Maria Montessori: If education is...

Maria Montessori: If education is...

If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is...

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Mary Ritter Beard: It is grievous...

Mary Ritter Beard: It is grievous...

It is grievous to read the papers in most respects, I agree. More and more I skim the headlines only, for one can be...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: God is not...

Marie Anne du Deffand: God is not...

God is not more incomprehensible than you; but if he is not more just, it is hardly worth while beIieving in...

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Geraldine Ferraro: We've chosen the...

Geraldine Ferraro: We've chosen the...

We've chosen the path to equality, don't let them turn us around.

Source: In Words...

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