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Fanny Crosby: This is my...

Fanny Crosby: This is my...

This is my story, this is my Song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long.


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Ruth Westheimer: Talking from morning...

Ruth Westheimer: Talking from morning...

Talking from morning to night about sex has helped my skiing, because I talk about movement, about looking good, about...

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Johnnetta Betsch Cole: These young women...

Johnnetta Betsch Cole: These young women...

These young women have had four years of very special space . . . . safe space. But when they graduate, they will...

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Maria Montessori: Establishing lasting peace...

Maria Montessori: Establishing lasting peace...

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of...

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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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Barbara Tuchman: Books are the...

Barbara Tuchman: Books are the...

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought...

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Shirley Hufstedler: If you play...

Shirley Hufstedler: If you play...

If you play it safe in life, you've decided that you don't want to grow any more.

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Mary Frances Berry: Civil Rights opened...

Mary Frances Berry: Civil Rights opened...

Civil Rights opened the windows. When you open the windows, it does not mean that everybody will get through. We must...

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Golda Meir: To be or...

Golda Meir: To be or...

To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.

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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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Barbara De Angelis: Difficult times always...

Barbara De Angelis: Difficult times always...

Difficult times always create opportunities for you to experience more love in your life.

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Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: It is with...

Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: It is with...

It is with enterprises as with striking fire; we do not meet with success except with reiterated efforts, and often at...

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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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Naomi Weisstein: Evidence and reason:...

Naomi Weisstein: Evidence and reason:...

Evidence and reason: my heroes and my guides.

Source: Women Look at Biology Looking...

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Gail Pursell Elliott: As a society,...

Gail Pursell Elliott: As a society,...

As a society, we have come to a point where people too often treat one another as objects and opportunities, rather...

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Barbara De Angelis: No matter what...

Barbara De Angelis: No matter what...

No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique...

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Edith Hamilton: Great art is...

Edith Hamilton: Great art is...

Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of the world without and that...

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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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Fanny Crosby: Oh, what a...

Fanny Crosby: Oh, what a...

Oh, what a happy soul am I! Although I cannot see,
I am resolved that in this world, contented I will be.
How...

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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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