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bell hooks: [O]ne of the...

bell hooks: [O]ne of the...

[O]ne of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we...

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St Teresa of Avila: How is it...

St Teresa of Avila: How is it...

How is it that there are not many who are led by sermons to forsake open sin? Do you know what I think? That is...

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Simone Weil: [D]azzling achievements are...

Simone Weil: [D]azzling achievements are...

[D]azzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years. But above this level,...

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Doroth?e DeLuzy: I have only...

Doroth?e DeLuzy: I have only...

I have only to take up this or that to flood my soul with memories.

Source: In The...

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Maria Mitchell: People have to...

Maria Mitchell: People have to...

People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can...

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Nannie Burroughs: When the Negro...

Nannie Burroughs: When the Negro...

When the Negro learns what manner of man he is spiritually, he will wake up all over. He will stop playing white even...

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Barbara McClintock: If you know...

Barbara McClintock: If you know...

If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off. . . no matter...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: Ah! I shall...

Marie Anne du Deffand: Ah! I shall...

Ah! I shall repeat it endlessly, the only misfortune is to be born!

Source: In An...

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Tammy Faye Bakker: You can educate...

Tammy Faye Bakker: You can educate...

You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God.

Source: In Observer...

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Barbara McClintock: I've just been...

Barbara McClintock: I've just been...

I've just been so interested in what I was doing [genetic research] that I never thought of stopping, and I just hated...

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Mae West: Too much of...

Mae West: Too much of...

Too much of a good thing is wonderful.

Source: Mae West: Emotion in Motion, by...

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Jane Sherwood Ace: The chickens have...

Jane Sherwood Ace: The chickens have...

The chickens have come home to roast.

Source: In Peter's Quotations, by Laurence J....

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Ruth Benedict: We grow in...

Ruth Benedict: We grow in...

We grow in time to trust the future for our answers.

Source: An Anthropologist at...

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Mary Ritter Beard: Action without study...

Mary Ritter Beard: Action without study...

Action without study fatal. Study without action is futile.

Source: In The Forbes...

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Mary Ritter Beard: It is grievous...

Mary Ritter Beard: It is grievous...

It is grievous to read the papers in most respects, I agree. More and more I skim the headlines only, for one can be...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: Distance doesn't matter:...

Marie Anne du Deffand: Distance doesn't matter:...

Distance doesn't matter: it is only the first step that is difficult.

Source:...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: I love nothing...

Marie Anne du Deffand: I love nothing...

I love nothing and that is the true cause of my ennui.

Source: Letter to Jean Le...

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Alice Paul: When you put...

Alice Paul: When you put...

When you put your hand to the plow, you can't put it down until you get to the end of the...

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Marianne Williamson: If you give...

Marianne Williamson: If you give...

If you give your life as a wholehearted response to love, then love will wholeheartedly respond to...

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Hannah Arendt: Ideas, as distinguished...

Hannah Arendt: Ideas, as distinguished...

Ideas, as distinguished from events, are never unprecedented.

Source: In The...

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