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Frances Perkins: Most of man's...

Frances Perkins: Most of man's...

Most of man's problems upon this planet, in the long history of the race, have been met and solved either partially or...

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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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Barbara Tuchman: Books are the...

Barbara Tuchman: Books are the...

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought...

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Elizabeth Montagu: To judge therefore...

Elizabeth Montagu: To judge therefore...

To judge therefore of Shakespeare by Aristotle's rule is like trying a man by the Laws of one Country who acted under...

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Naomi Weisstein: Except for their...

Naomi Weisstein: Except for their...

Except for their genitals, I don't know what immutable differences exist between men and women. [U]ntil social...

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Gail Pursell Elliott: Life?s lessons may...

Gail Pursell Elliott: Life?s lessons may...

Life?s lessons may be viewed as difficulties or challenges to be overcome, but in reality they are an exercise in fine...

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Barbara De Angelis: The greatest gift...

Barbara De Angelis: The greatest gift...

The greatest gift you and your partner can give your children is the example of an intimate, healthy, and loving...

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Barbara De Angelis: No matter what...

Barbara De Angelis: No matter what...

No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique...

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Meridel Le Sueur: They never die,...

Meridel Le Sueur: They never die,...

They never die, who have the future in them.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations...

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Fanny Crosby: It may seem...

Fanny Crosby: It may seem...

It may seem a little old-fashioned, always to begin one's work with prayer, but I never undertake a hymn without first...

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Corrie Ten Boom: The first step...

Corrie Ten Boom: The first step...

The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.

Source: In Draper's...

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Fanny Crosby: I have not...

Fanny Crosby: I have not...

I have not for a moment in more than eighty-five years felt a spark of resentment against him, because I have always...

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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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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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Eleanor Roosevelt: We must be...

Eleanor Roosevelt: We must be...

We must be willing to learn the lesson that cooperation may imply compromise, but if it brings a world advance it is a...

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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: The mood of...

Patricia Schroeder: The mood of...

The mood of the 80s -- Get what you can, can what you get, and sit on the can.

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Patricia Meyer Spacks: The clich? that...

Patricia Meyer Spacks: The clich? that...

The clich? that women, more consistently than men, turn inward for sustenance seems to mean, in practice, that women...

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Patricia Meyer Spacks: The vanity of...

Patricia Meyer Spacks: The vanity of...

The vanity of men, a constant insult to women, is also the ground for the implicit feminine claim of superior...

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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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