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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?

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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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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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Faith Popcorn: Send me out...

Faith Popcorn: Send me out...

Send me out into another life. But get me back for supper.

Source: The Popcorn...

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Amy Vanderbilt: Ceremony is-really a...

Amy Vanderbilt: Ceremony is-really a...

Ceremony is-really a protection, too, in times of emotional involvement, particularly at death. If we have a social...

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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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Mary Frances Berry: When it comes...

Mary Frances Berry: When it comes...

When it comes to the cause of justice, I take no prisoners and I don't believe in...

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Hannah Arendt: As witnesses not...

Hannah Arendt: As witnesses not...

As witnesses not of our intentions but of our conduct, we can be true or false, and the hypocrite's crime is that he...

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Naomi Weisstein: Why have they...

Naomi Weisstein: Why have they...

Why have they been telling us women lately that we have no sense of humor -- when we are always laughing? . . . and...

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Barbara De Angelis: Difficult times always...

Barbara De Angelis: Difficult times always...

Difficult times always create opportunities for you to experience more love in your life.

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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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Ann Plato: To remove ignorance...

Ann Plato: To remove ignorance...

To remove ignorance is an important branch of benevolence.

Source: In The Black...

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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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Frances Perkins: The quality of...

Frances Perkins: The quality of...

The quality of his being one with the people, of having no artificial or natural barriers between him and them, made...

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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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Mary McLeod Bethune: The true worth...

Mary McLeod Bethune: The true worth...

The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood.

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Mary McLeod Bethune: Whatever glory belongs...

Mary McLeod Bethune: Whatever glory belongs...

Whatever glory belongs to the race for a development unprecedented in history for the given length of time, a full...

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Carter Heyward: For god is...

Carter Heyward: For god is...

For god is nothing other than the eternally creative source of our relational power, our common strength, a god whose...

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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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