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Maria Montessori: We teachers can...

Maria Montessori: We teachers can...

We teachers can only help the work going on, as servants wait upon a master.

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Mary Ritter Beard: While it is...

Mary Ritter Beard: While it is...

While it is generally agreed that the visible expressions and agencies are necessary instruments, civilization seems...

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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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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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Marie Antoinette: There is nothing...

Marie Antoinette: There is nothing...

There is nothing new except what has been forgotten.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Ninon de Lenclos: The resistance of...

Ninon de Lenclos: The resistance of...

The resistance of a woman is not always proof of her virtue but more frequently of her...

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Fanny Crosby: This is my...

Fanny Crosby: This is my...

This is my story, this is my Song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long.


Source:...

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Zelda Fitzgerald: Why do we...

Zelda Fitzgerald: Why do we...

Why do we spend years using up our bodies to nurture our minds with experience and find our minds turning then to our...

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Carter Heyward: For god is...

Carter Heyward: For god is...

For god is nothing other than the eternally creative source of our relational power, our common strength, a god whose...

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Alice Paul: I always feel...

Alice Paul: I always feel...

I always feel the movement is a sort of mosaic. Each of us puts in one little stone, and then you get a great mosaic...

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Grace Murray Hopper: Some day, on...

Grace Murray Hopper: Some day, on...

Some day, on the corporate balance sheet, there will be an entry which reads, Information; for in most cases, the...

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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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Indira Gandhi: You must learn...

Indira Gandhi: You must learn...

You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.

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Elizabeth I: Brass shines as...

Elizabeth I: Brass shines as...

Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths.

Source: Letter,...

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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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Margaret Mead: I was brought...

Margaret Mead: I was brought...

I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the...

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M F K Fisher: There are many...

M F K Fisher: There are many...

There are many of us who cannot but feel dismal about the future of various cultures. Often it is hard not to agree...

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Beatrice Hinkle: Fundamentally the male...

Beatrice Hinkle: Fundamentally the male...

Fundamentally the male artist approximates more to the psychology of woman, who, biologically speaking, is a purely...

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Joan L Curcio: We teach what...

Joan L Curcio: We teach what...

We teach what we learn, and the cycle goes on.

Source: In The Last Word - A...

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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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