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Alice Duer Miller: And now too...

Alice Duer Miller: And now too...

And now too late, we see these things are one:
The art is sacrifice and self-control
And who loves beauty must...

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Martha Washington: The greater part...

Martha Washington: The greater part...

The greater part of our happiness or our misery depends on our dispositions and not on our...

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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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Grandma Moses: I don't advise...

Grandma Moses: I don't advise...

I don't advise any one to take it up as a business proposition, unless they really have talent, and are crippled so as...

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Diane Arbus: A photograph is...

Diane Arbus: A photograph is...

A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.

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Louise Nevelson: A whisper can...

Louise Nevelson: A whisper can...

A whisper can be stronger, as an atom is stronger, than a whole mountain.

Source:...

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Katharine Graham: To love what...

Katharine Graham: To love what...

To love what you do and feel that it matters -- how could anything be more fun?

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Wilma Rudolph: When I was...

Wilma Rudolph: When I was...

When I was going through my transition of being famous, I tried to ask God why was I here? what was my purpose?...

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Amelia Earhart: Women must pay...

Amelia Earhart: Women must pay...

Women must pay for everything. . . . They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, But, also, women get more...

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Mary Daly: The liberation of...

Mary Daly: The liberation of...

The liberation of language is rooted in the liberation of ourselves.

Source: The...

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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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Laura Ingalls Wilder: Once you begin...

Laura Ingalls Wilder: Once you begin...

Once you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and sooner or later something dreadful...

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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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Svetlana Alliluyeva: He is gone,...

Svetlana Alliluyeva: He is gone,...

He is gone, but his shadow still stands over all of us. It still dictates to us and we, very often,...

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Eva Peron: Almsgiving leaves a...

Eva Peron: Almsgiving leaves a...

Almsgiving leaves a man just where he was before. Aid restores him to society as an individual worthy of all respect...

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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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Clara Barton: It is wise...

Clara Barton: It is wise...

It is wise statesmanship which suggests that in time of peace we must prepare for war, and it is no less a wise...

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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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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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Nannie Burroughs: To struggle and...

Nannie Burroughs: To struggle and...

To struggle and battle and overcome and absolutely defeat every force designed against us is the only way to...

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