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Sydney Biddle Barrows: I was naughty....

Sydney Biddle Barrows: I was naughty....

I was naughty. I wasn't bad. Bad is hurting people, doing evil. Naughty is not hurting anyone. Naughty is being...

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Sydney Biddle Barrows: The more you...

Sydney Biddle Barrows: The more you...

The more you act like a lady, the more he'll act like a gentleman.

Source:...

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Emily Post: Manners are a...

Emily Post: Manners are a...

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no...

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Maria Callas: When music fails...

Maria Callas: When music fails...

When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it had missed the...

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Anne Wilson Schaef: A chuckle a...

Anne Wilson Schaef: A chuckle a...

A chuckle a day may not keep the doctor away, but it sure does make those times in life's waiting room a little more...

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Mary Steichen Calderone: I truly feel...

Mary Steichen Calderone: I truly feel...

I truly feel that there are as many ways of loving as there are people in the world and as there are days in the lives...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: The capacity to...

Mary Catherine Bateson: The capacity to...

The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.

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Emily James Putnam: But the typical...

Emily James Putnam: But the typical...

But the typical lady everywhere tends to the feudal habit of mind.

Source:...

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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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Maria Montessori: And so we...

Maria Montessori: And so we...

And so we discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: Life was meant...

Eleanor Roosevelt: Life was meant...

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on...

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Ivy Baker Priest: My father had...

Ivy Baker Priest: My father had...

My father had always said there are four things a child needs: plenty of love, nourishing food, regular sleep, and...

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Corazon Aquino: One must be...

Corazon Aquino: One must be...

One must be frank to be relevant.

Source: Chiding UN for lack of support in...

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Shirley Chisholm: Tremendous amounts of...

Shirley Chisholm: Tremendous amounts of...

Tremendous amounts of talent are being lost to our society just because that talent wears a...

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Shirley Chisholm: Of my two...

Shirley Chisholm: Of my two...

Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black.

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Ruth Benedict: The trouble is...

Ruth Benedict: The trouble is...

The trouble is not that we are never happy -- it is that happiness is so episodical.

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Mary McLeod Bethune: Knowledge is the...

Mary McLeod Bethune: Knowledge is the...

Knowledge is the prime need of the hour.

Source: My Last Will and Testament, in...

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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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Etty Hillesum: One must also...

Etty Hillesum: One must also...

One must also accept that one has uncreative moments. The more honestly one can accept that, the quicker these moments...

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Hannah Arendt: Action without a...

Hannah Arendt: Action without a...

Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless.

Source: The Human...

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