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Sarah Louise Delany: . ....

Sarah Louise Delany: . ....

. . . we never worked for white people in their homes. No, sir, not even once! That is one of the accomplishments in...

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Mary Ritter Beard: In their quest...

Mary Ritter Beard: In their quest...

In their quest for rights they [women] have naturally placed emphasis on their wrongs, rather than their achievements...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: There are. ....

Natalie Clifford Barney: There are. ....

There are. . . intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no one has...

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Rose Elizabeth Bird: It is easy...

Rose Elizabeth Bird: It is easy...

It is easy to be popular. It is not easy to be just.

Source: In Boston Globe, 25...

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Hannah Arendt: Economic growth may...

Hannah Arendt: Economic growth may...

Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into...

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Annie Dillard: Appealing workplaces are...

Annie Dillard: Appealing workplaces are...

Appealing workplaces are to be avoided. One wants a room with no view, so imagination can meet memory in the...

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Abigail Adams: A little of...

Abigail Adams: A little of...

A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the...

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Patricia Schroeder: You measure a...

Patricia Schroeder: You measure a...

You measure a government by how few people need help.

Source: Firing Line, PBS, 13...

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Barbara Mikulski: I think leadership...

Barbara Mikulski: I think leadership...

I think leadership is creating a state of mind in others.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Christina of Sweden: I love men,...

Christina of Sweden: I love men,...

I love men, not because they are men, but because they are not women.

Source:...

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Marie Curie: I was taught...

Marie Curie: I was taught...

I was taught that the way of progress is neither swift nor easy.

Source: In Words...

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Eileen Caddy: Cease trying to...

Eileen Caddy: Cease trying to...

Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and...

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Peace Pilgrim: I don't eat...

Peace Pilgrim: I don't eat...

I don't eat junk foods and I don't think junk thoughts.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Angelina Grimke: If a law...

Angelina Grimke: If a law...

If a law commands me to sin I will break it; if it calls me to suffer, I will let it take its course...

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Josephine St Pierre Ruffin: Too long have...

Josephine St Pierre Ruffin: Too long have...

Too long have we been silent under unjust and unholy charges; we cannot expect to have them removed until we disprove...

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Florence Griffith Joyner: When anyone tells...

Florence Griffith Joyner: When anyone tells...

When anyone tells me I can't do anything. I'm just not listening any more.

Source:...

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Ethel Percy Andrus: The human contribution...

Ethel Percy Andrus: The human contribution...

The human contribution is the essential ingredient.

Source: In The Last Word - A...

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Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: It is justice,...

Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: It is justice,...

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Anna Kournikova: There are a...

Anna Kournikova: There are a...

There are a lot of pretty girls. I am a tennis player first of all, that is why I am here, and if wasn't producing...

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Chris Evert Lloyd: I always looked...

Chris Evert Lloyd: I always looked...

I always looked ahead.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library,...

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