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St Teresa of Avila: I only wish...

St Teresa of Avila: I only wish...

I only wish I could write with both hands, so as not to forget one thing while I am saying...

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Tammy Faye Bakker: I take Him...

Tammy Faye Bakker: I take Him...

I take Him shopping with me. I say, OK, Jesus, help me find a bargain.

Source:...

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Florence Scovel Shinn: Intuition is a...

Florence Scovel Shinn: Intuition is a...

Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way.

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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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Christa McAuliffe: I have a...

Christa McAuliffe: I have a...

I have a box of papers at home of [my own press coverage]. When I'm sixty, maybe, I'll look at my pile of papers and...

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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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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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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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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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Marguerite de Valois: The more hidden...

Marguerite de Valois: The more hidden...

The more hidden the venom, the more dangerous it is.

Source: Memoirs.
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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: [My mother] speaks...

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: [My mother] speaks...

[My mother] speaks of my step being a source of life-long pain to her, that it is a living death, etc. By the same...

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Ruth Westheimer: Talking from morning...

Ruth Westheimer: Talking from morning...

Talking from morning to night about sex has helped my skiing, because I talk about movement, about looking good, about...

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bell hooks: Usually, when people...

bell hooks: Usually, when people...

Usually, when people talk about the strength of black women . . . . they ignore the reality that to be strong in the...

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Anna Julia Cooper: I constantly felt...

Anna Julia Cooper: I constantly felt...

I constantly felt (as I suppose many an ambitious girl has felt) a thumping from within unanswered by any beckoning...

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Maria Montessori: And so we...

Maria Montessori: And so we...

And so we discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which...

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Marjorie Rosen: Does art reflect...

Marjorie Rosen: Does art reflect...

Does art reflect life? In movies, yes. Because more than any other art form, films have been a mirror held up to...

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Marjorie Rosen: Women's films [in...

Marjorie Rosen: Women's films [in...

Women's films [in the fiftiesl became howto's on catching and keeping a man. Veneer. Appearance. Sex Appeal. Hollywood...

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Josephine St Pierre Ruffin: Too long have...

Josephine St Pierre Ruffin: Too long have...

Too long have we been silent under unjust and unholy charges; we cannot expect to have them removed until we disprove...

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Bonnie Blair: No matter what...

Bonnie Blair: No matter what...

No matter what the competition is, I try to find a goal that day and better that goal.

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Althea Gibson: No matter what...

Althea Gibson: No matter what...

No matter what accomplishments you achieve, somebody helps you.

Source: In Time, 26...

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