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Georgia O'Keeffe: Singing has always...

Georgia O'Keeffe: Singing has always...

Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think...

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Jinger Heath: Success doesn't necessarily...

Jinger Heath: Success doesn't necessarily...

Success doesn't necessarily make you a happy person. . . . but without the confidence and security that comes from...

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Mary Kay Ash: Aerodynamically the bumble...

Mary Kay Ash: Aerodynamically the bumble...

Aerodynamically the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it, so it goes on flying...

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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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Nellie Melba: Music is not...

Nellie Melba: Music is not...

Music is not written in red, white and blue. It is written in the heart's blood of the...

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Nellie Melba: If I'd been...

Nellie Melba: If I'd been...

If I'd been a housemaid I'd have been the best in Australia -- I couldn't help it. It's got to be perfection for...

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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: A little madness...

Emily Dickinson: A little madness...

A little madness in the Spring
Is wholesome even for the King.


Source: 1875;...

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Mary Caroline Richards: All arts we...

Mary Caroline Richards: All arts we...

All arts we practice are apprenticeship. The big art is our life.

Source: In The...

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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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Nina Simone: How do you...

Nina Simone: How do you...

How do you explain what it feels like to get on the stage and make poetry that you know sinks into the hearts and...

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Wilma Pearl Mankiller: I've run into...

Wilma Pearl Mankiller: I've run into...

I've run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian.

Source: In Words of...

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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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Sydney Biddle Barrows: The more you...

Sydney Biddle Barrows: The more you...

The more you act like a lady, the more he'll act like a gentleman.

Source:...

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Nadia Boulanger: Everything we know...

Nadia Boulanger: Everything we know...

Everything we know by heart enriches us and helps us find ourselves. If it should get in the way of finding ourselves,...

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Grace Hansen: I feel I'm...

Grace Hansen: I feel I'm...

I feel I'm as qualified for office as any of the other comedians who are running.

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Katherine Dunham: Go within every...

Katherine Dunham: Go within every...

Go within every day and find the inner strength so that the world will not blow your candle...

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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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Ellen Terry: Imagination! Imagination! I...

Ellen Terry: Imagination! Imagination! I...

Imagination! Imagination! I put it first years ago, when I was asked what qualities I thought necessary for success...

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Edith Evans: When a woman...

Edith Evans: When a woman...

When a woman behaves like a man, why doesn't she behave like a nice man?

Source:...

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