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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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Pearl Buck: Sometimes I would...

Pearl Buck: Sometimes I would...

Sometimes I would almost rather have people take away years of my life than take away a...

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Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: It is sometimes...

Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: It is sometimes...

It is sometimes the man who opens the door who is the last to enter the room.

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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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Bernadette Devlin: I went to...

Bernadette Devlin: I went to...

I went to a very militantly Republican grammar school and, under its influence, began to revolt against the...

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Marguerite de Valois: The more hidden...

Marguerite de Valois: The more hidden...

The more hidden the venom, the more dangerous it is.

Source: Memoirs.
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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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Elizabeth I: I thank God...

Elizabeth I: I thank God...

I thank God I am endued with such qualities that if I were turned out of the Realm in my petticoat I were able to live...

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Elizabeth Montagu: . . ....

Elizabeth Montagu: . . ....

. . . there is a much higher character from that of a wit or a poet or a savant, which is that of a rational sociable...

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Etty Hillesum: We are always...

Etty Hillesum: We are always...

We are always in search of the redeeming formula, the crystallizing thought.

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Edith Hamilton: Theories that go...

Edith Hamilton: Theories that go...

Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed.

Source: The...

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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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Charlotte Bronte: Give him enough...

Charlotte Bronte: Give him enough...

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

Source: Shirley, 1849.
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Emily Dickinson: Tis so much...

Emily Dickinson: Tis so much...

'Tis so much joy! 'Tis so much joy! If I should fail, what poverty! And yet, as poor as I Have ventured all upon a...

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Gwendolyn Brooks: Be careful what...

Gwendolyn Brooks: Be careful what...

Be careful what you swallow. Chew!

Source: Advice to graduates, Buena Vista...

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Tallulah Bankhead: The only thing...

Tallulah Bankhead: The only thing...

The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes,...

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Jinger Heath: Your success depends...

Jinger Heath: Your success depends...

Your success depends on your ability to dream and follow through on those dreams.

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Anita Roddick: I am still...

Anita Roddick: I am still...

I am still looking for the modern equivalent of those Quakers who ran successful businesses, made money because they...

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Amy Vanderbilt: We must learn...

Amy Vanderbilt: We must learn...

We must learn which ceremonies may be breached occasionally at our convenience and which ones may never be if we are...

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Sarah Caldwell: Success is important...

Sarah Caldwell: Success is important...

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to...

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