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Kate Chopin: And moreover, to...

Kate Chopin: And moreover, to...

And moreover, to succeed, the artist must possess the courageous soul . . . the brave soul. The soul that dares and...

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Florida Scott-Maxwell: No matter how...

Florida Scott-Maxwell: No matter how...

No matter how old a mother is she watches her middle-aged children for signs of...

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Martina Navratilova: I hope, when...

Martina Navratilova: I hope, when...

I hope, when I stop, people will think that somehow I mattered.

Source: In...

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Florence Griffith Joyner: I pray hard,...

Florence Griffith Joyner: I pray hard,...

I pray hard, work hard and leave the rest to God.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Amelia Earhart: The more one...

Amelia Earhart: The more one...

The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one's appreciation of...

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Mary Martha Sherwood: . . ....

Mary Martha Sherwood: . . ....

. . . it is the very nature of sin to prevent man from meditating on spiritual things. . .

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: The human mind...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: The human mind...

The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.

Source: In...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: You must do...

Eleanor Roosevelt: You must do...

You must do the thing that you think you cannot do.

Source: In The Book of Success,...

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Ruth Westheimer: Don't share your...

Ruth Westheimer: Don't share your...

Don't share your fantasies unless you're sure your partner really wants to hear them.

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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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Sylvia Ashton-Warner: What can be...

Sylvia Ashton-Warner: What can be...

What can be heavier than wealth than freedom?

Source: In The Last Word - A Treasury...

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Sylvia Plath: If neurotic is...

Sylvia Plath: If neurotic is...

If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then I'm neurotic as hell. I'll be...

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Meridel Le Sueur: Each generation must...

Meridel Le Sueur: Each generation must...

Each generation must go further than the last or what's the use in it?

Source:...

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Grace Murray Hopper: At any given...

Grace Murray Hopper: At any given...

At any given moment, there is always a line representing what your boss will believe. If you step over it, you will...

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Margot Asquith: Lord Birkenhead is...

Margot Asquith: Lord Birkenhead is...

Lord Birkenhead is very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head.

Source:...

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Vicki Baum: A woman who...

Vicki Baum: A woman who...

A woman who is loved always has success.

Source: Grand Hotel, 1929.
-- Vicki...

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Mary Steichen Calderone: Our children are...

Mary Steichen Calderone: Our children are...

Our children are not going to be just our children they are going to be other people's husbands and wives and the...

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Estelle Ramey: Women's chains have...

Estelle Ramey: Women's chains have...

Women's chains have been forged by men, not by anatomy.

Source: In First Ms....

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Diane Ravitch: When you succeed...

Diane Ravitch: When you succeed...

When you succeed at keeping almost everyone in school, you must figure out ways to educate everyone you keep in...

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Catharine Esther Beecher: To open avenues...

Catharine Esther Beecher: To open avenues...

To open avenues to political place and power for all classes of women would cause [the] humble labors of the family...

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