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Doris Lessing: In university they...

Doris Lessing: In university they...

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate...

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Chris Evert Lloyd: Ninety percent of...

Chris Evert Lloyd: Ninety percent of...

Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far.

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Martina Navratilova: Disability is a...

Martina Navratilova: Disability is a...

Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by...

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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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Louisa May Alcott: People want to...

Louisa May Alcott: People want to...

People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don't sell nowadays.

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Naomi Weisstein: When we hear...

Naomi Weisstein: When we hear...

When we hear jokes against women, and we are asked why we don't laugh at them, the answer is easy, simple, and short....

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Politeness is the...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Politeness is the...

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: Hope says to...

Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: Hope says to...

Hope says to us constantly, Go on, go on, and leads us to the grave.

Source: In...

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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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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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Mary Lyon: There is nothing...

Mary Lyon: There is nothing...

There is nothing in the universe that I fear, but that I shall not know all my duty, or shall fail to do...

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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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Sylvia Ashton-Warner: I am my...

Sylvia Ashton-Warner: I am my...

I am my own Universe, I my own Professor.

Source: Aug 1941, Myself, 1967.
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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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Ivy Baker Priest: My father had...

Ivy Baker Priest: My father had...

My father had always said there are four things a child needs: plenty of love, nourishing food, regular sleep, and...

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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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Dorothy Gilman: But she knew...

Dorothy Gilman: But she knew...

But she knew that she had encountered one of the more devastating kinds of loneliness in existence: that of being in...

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Mary Steichen Calderone: Our children are...

Mary Steichen Calderone: Our children are...

Our children are not going to be just our children they are going to be other people's husbands and wives and the...

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Mary Lyon: When you choose...

Mary Lyon: When you choose...

When you choose your fields of labor go where nobody else is willing to go.

Source:...

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