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Maria Schell: Peace is when...

Maria Schell: Peace is when...

Peace is when time doesn't matter as it passes by.

Source: In Time 3 Mar...

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Betty Grable: I'm a song...

Betty Grable: I'm a song...

I'm a song and dance girl. I can act enough to get by. But that's the limit of my talents.

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Shirley Booth: Life's never quite...

Shirley Booth: Life's never quite...

Life's never quite interesting enough, somehow. You people who come to the movies know that. [in The...

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Edith Evans: I can't imagine...

Edith Evans: I can't imagine...

I can't imagine going on when there are no more expectations.

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-- Edith...

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Bessie Smith: There's nineteen men...

Bessie Smith: There's nineteen men...

There's nineteen men livin' in my neighborhood,
Eighteen of them are fools
and the one ain't no doggone...

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Annie Elizabeth Delany: When Negroes are...

Annie Elizabeth Delany: When Negroes are...

When Negroes are average, they fail, unless they are very, very lucky. Now, if you're average and white, honey, you...

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Elizabeth Blackwell: Methods and conclusions...

Elizabeth Blackwell: Methods and conclusions...

Methods and conclusions formed by half the race only, must necessarily require revision as the other half of humanity...

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Diane Ravitch: Most people believe...

Diane Ravitch: Most people believe...

Most people believe that schools were good enough when they were children and that they are good enough now. But the...

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Catharine Esther Beecher: How many young...

Catharine Esther Beecher: How many young...

How many young hearts have revealed the fact that what they had been trained to imagine the highest earthly felicity...

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Charlotte Forten Grimke: May those whose...

Charlotte Forten Grimke: May those whose...

May those whose holy task it is,/To guide impulsive youth,
Fail not to cherish in their souls
A reverence for...

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Anna Julia Cooper: Teach [our girls]...

Anna Julia Cooper: Teach [our girls]...

Teach [our girls] that there is a race with special needs which they and only they can help; that the world needs and...

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Fanny Crosby: When I get...

Fanny Crosby: When I get...

When I get to heaven, the first face that shall ever gladden my sight will be that of my...

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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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Abigail Adams: Do not put...

Abigail Adams: Do not put...

Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. [We...

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Abigail Adams: . . ....

Abigail Adams: . . ....

. . . a habit the pleasure of which increases with practice, but becomes more urksome with...

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Barbara Jordan: If you're going...

Barbara Jordan: If you're going...

If you're going to play the game [politics] properly, you'd better know every rule.

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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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Queen Victoria: We are not...

Queen Victoria: We are not...

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.

Source:...

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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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Hannah Arendt: It is quite...

Hannah Arendt: It is quite...

It is quite gratifying to feel guilty if you haven't done anything wrong: how noble! Whereas it is rather hard and...

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