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Amelia Earhart: The woman who...

Amelia Earhart: The woman who...

The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.

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Margaret Oliphant: [E]mbarrassment and perplexity...

Margaret Oliphant: [E]mbarrassment and perplexity...

[E]mbarrassment and perplexity are a kind of natural accompaniment to life and movement; and it is better to be driven...

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Emily James Putnam: Maternity is on...

Emily James Putnam: Maternity is on...

Maternity is on the face of it an unsocial experience.

Source: Introduction, The...

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Johnnetta Betsch Cole: [W]hen we were...

Johnnetta Betsch Cole: [W]hen we were...

[W]hen we were little girls sitting between those knees that served like locks, when they came with that brush or...

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Etty Hillesum: I do believe...

Etty Hillesum: I do believe...

I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one's...

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Hannah Arendt: It is quite...

Hannah Arendt: It is quite...

It is quite gratifying to feel guilty if you haven't done anything wrong: how noble! Whereas it is rather hard and...

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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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Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: It is never...

Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: It is never...

It is never any good dwelling on goodbyes. It is not the being together it prolongs, it is the...

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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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Mother Teresa: What we are...

Mother Teresa: What we are...

What we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But if that drop was not in the ocean, I think the ocean would be less...

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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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Shirley Hufstedler: The rhythm of...

Shirley Hufstedler: The rhythm of...

The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the key to...

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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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Nancy Astor: The main dangers...

Nancy Astor: The main dangers...

The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything -- or nothing.

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Ellen Terry: Imagination! Imagination! I...

Ellen Terry: Imagination! Imagination! I...

Imagination! Imagination! I put it first years ago, when I was asked what qualities I thought necessary for success...

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Sarah Bernhardt: He who is...

Sarah Bernhardt: He who is...

He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will...

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Ruth Gordon: To get it...

Ruth Gordon: To get it...

To get it right, be born with luck or else make it. Never give up. Get the knack of getting people to help you and...

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Lynn Fontanne: I lied to...

Lynn Fontanne: I lied to...

I lied to everybody. I lie very well, being an actress, naturally.

Source: On...

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Eleonora Duse: When we grow...

Eleonora Duse: When we grow...

When we grow old, there can only be one regret -- not to have given enough of ourselves.

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Adelaide A Proctor: No star is...

Adelaide A Proctor: No star is...

No star is ever lost we once have seen,
We always may be what we might have been.


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