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Grace Speare: We must realize...

Grace Speare: We must realize...

We must realize that the subconscious mind is the law of action and always expresses what the conscious mind has...

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Angelina Grimke: If a law...

Angelina Grimke: If a law...

If a law commands me to sin I will break it; if it calls me to suffer, I will let it take its course...

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Hannah Whitall Smith: Decisions of our...

Hannah Whitall Smith: Decisions of our...

Decisions of our will are often directly opposed to the decisions of our emotions. If we are in the habit of...

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Corazon Aquino: Reconciliation should be...

Corazon Aquino: Reconciliation should be...

Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't...

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Geraldine Ferraro: We've chosen the...

Geraldine Ferraro: We've chosen the...

We've chosen the path to equality, don't let them turn us around.

Source: In Words...

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Marianne Williamson: Birth is violent,...

Marianne Williamson: Birth is violent,...

Birth is violent, whether it be the birth of a child or the birth of an idea.

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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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Barbara De Angelis: No one is...

Barbara De Angelis: No one is...

No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or...

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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: At first he...

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: At first he...

At first he was very discouraging, to my astonishment then, but now I fancy he did it as a forlorn hope to check me;...

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Charlotte Forten Grimke: Let me not...

Charlotte Forten Grimke: Let me not...

Let me not forget again that I came not here for friendly sympathy or for anything else but to work, and to work hard....

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Lillian Carter: Sometimes when I...

Lillian Carter: Sometimes when I...

Sometimes when I look at all my children, I say to myself, Lillian, you should have stayed a...

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Doroth?e DeLuzy: Why are we...

Doroth?e DeLuzy: Why are we...

Why are we so blind? That which we improve, we have; that which we hoard, is not for...

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Maria Montessori: We teachers can...

Maria Montessori: We teachers can...

We teachers can only help the work going on, as servants wait upon a master.

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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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Queen Victoria: A strange, horrible...

Queen Victoria: A strange, horrible...

A strange, horrible business, but I suppose good enough for Shakespeare's day.

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Elizabeth Montagu: Minds ripen at...

Elizabeth Montagu: Minds ripen at...

Minds ripen at very different ages.

Source: Letter to Mrs. William Robinson, her...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: Novels are longer...

Natalie Clifford Barney: Novels are longer...

Novels are longer than life.

Source: In Adam, no. 299, On Writing and Writers,...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: There are. ....

Natalie Clifford Barney: There are. ....

There are. . . intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no one has...

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Erica Jong: Advice is what...

Erica Jong: Advice is what...

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

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Sylvia Porter: Money never remains...

Sylvia Porter: Money never remains...

Money never remains just coins and pieces of paper. Money can be translated into the beauty of living, a support in...

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