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Emma Hart Willard: He is not...

Emma Hart Willard: He is not...

He is not necessarily the best teacher who performs the most labour; makes his pupils work the hardest, and bustle the...

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bell hooks: Usually, when people...

bell hooks: Usually, when people...

Usually, when people talk about the strength of black women . . . . they ignore the reality that to be strong in the...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: I do not...

Marie Anne du Deffand: I do not...

I do not know why Diogenes * went looking for a man: nothing could happen to him worse than finding...

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Barbara Bush: I think togetherness...

Barbara Bush: I think togetherness...

I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life. It's a cliche and we use it too much but I think...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: It is not...

Eleanor Roosevelt: It is not...

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

Source:...

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Corazon Aquino: The media's power...

Corazon Aquino: The media's power...

The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light...

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Queen Mother Elizabeth: I would not...

Queen Mother Elizabeth: I would not...

I would not want it to be though that I had lived for all these years without having anything to show for...

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Ruth Benedict: Our faith in...

Ruth Benedict: Our faith in...

Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.

Source: An...

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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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E L Konigsburg: Happiness is excitement...

E L Konigsburg: Happiness is excitement...

Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place, but there is always a little corner that keeps flapping...

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Corrie Ten Boom: The first step...

Corrie Ten Boom: The first step...

The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.

Source: In Draper's...

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Mother Teresa: There should be...

Mother Teresa: There should be...

There should be less talk; a preaching point is not a meeting point. What do you do then? Take a broom and clean...

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Louise Nevelson: I still want...

Louise Nevelson: I still want...

I still want to do my work. I still want to do my livingness. And I have lived. I have been fulfilled. I...

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Nadia Boulanger: The essential [conditions]...

Nadia Boulanger: The essential [conditions]...

The essential [conditions] of everything you do . . . must be choice, love, passion.

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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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Beverly Sills: My voice had...

Beverly Sills: My voice had...

My voice had a long, nonstop career. It deserves to be put to bed with quiet and dignity, not yanked out every once...

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Tallulah Bankhead: Here's a rule...

Tallulah Bankhead: Here's a rule...

Here's a rule I recommend. Never practice two vices at once.

Source: Tallulah....

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Sarah Bernhardt: The truth, the...

Sarah Bernhardt: The truth, the...

The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily...

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Yoko Ono: I believe in...

Yoko Ono: I believe in...

I believe in people so much that if the whole of civilization is burned so we don't have any memory of it, even then...

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Marilyn Monroe: A career is...

Marilyn Monroe: A career is...

A career is born in public -- talent in privacy.

Source: Marilyn: The Woman Who...

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