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Nikki Giovanni: We love because...

Nikki Giovanni: We love because...

We love because it's the only true adventure.

Source: In Ebony Magazine,
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Louise A Bogan: The intellectual is...

Louise A Bogan: The intellectual is...

The intellectual is a middle-class product; if he is not born into the class he must soon insert himself into it, in...

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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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Nelly Sachs: O the chimneys...

Nelly Sachs: O the chimneys...

O the chimneys
On the ingeniously devised habitations of death
When Israel's body drifted as smoke
Through...

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Joanna Baillie: O lovely Sisters!...

Joanna Baillie: O lovely Sisters!...

O lovely Sisters! is it true
That they are all inspired by you,
And write by inward magic charm'd,
And high...

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Oprah Winfrey: The more you...

Oprah Winfrey: The more you...

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

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Jeane Kirkpatrick: We have war...

Jeane Kirkpatrick: We have war...

We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants...

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Abigail Adams: Wisdom and penetration...

Abigail Adams: Wisdom and penetration...

Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call...

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Mary Todd Lincoln: I am convinced,...

Mary Todd Lincoln: I am convinced,...

I am convinced, the longer I live, that life & its blessings are not so entirely unjustly distributed [as] when we are...

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Anne Hutchinson: She was a...

Anne Hutchinson: She was a...

She was a woman of haughty and fierce carriage, a nimble wit and active spirit, a very voluble tongue, more bold than...

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Peace Pilgrim: Keep your feet...

Peace Pilgrim: Keep your feet...

Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights.

Source: In The...

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Mary Daly: Work is a...

Mary Daly: Work is a...

Work is a substitute religious experience for many workaholics.

Source: In Words of...

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Sonia Johnson: All bonafide revolutions...

Sonia Johnson: All bonafide revolutions...

All bonafide revolutions are of necessity revolutions of the spirit.

Source: In...

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Charlotte Bunch: If you think...

Charlotte Bunch: If you think...

If you think that you are where you are just because you worked hard, it is easy to become self-righteous and make...

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Mary Astell: There is not...

Mary Astell: There is not...

There is not anything so excellent, but some will carp at it. . .

Source: Quoted in...

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Angela Davis: Progressive art can...

Angela Davis: Progressive art can...

Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they...

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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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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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Chris Evert Lloyd: If you can...

Chris Evert Lloyd: If you can...

If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it...

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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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