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Judith Jamison: I believe that...

Judith Jamison: I believe that...

I believe that this world was set about for us to enjoy and to love and to experience and to have it all be, to a...

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Marilyn Horne: You have to...

Marilyn Horne: You have to...

You have to know exactly what you want out of your career. If you want to be a star, you don't bother with other...

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Lotte Lehmann: Do not become...

Lotte Lehmann: Do not become...

Do not become paralyzed and enchained by the set patterns which have been woven of old. No, build from your own...

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Adrienne Rich: It's exhilarating...

Adrienne Rich: It's exhilarating...

It's exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be confusing, disorienting, and...

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Rita Dove: If you can't...

Rita Dove: If you can't...

If you can't be free, be a mystery.

Source: Canary, lines 1 - and last line,...

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Ellen Terry: Conceit is an...

Ellen Terry: Conceit is an...

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.

Source: Ellen Terry's Memoirs,...

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Edith Evans: When a woman...

Edith Evans: When a woman...

When a woman behaves like a man, why doesn't she behave like a nice man?

Source:...

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Tallulah Bankhead: I have been...

Tallulah Bankhead: I have been...

I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be free...

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Aphra Behn: There is no...

Aphra Behn: There is no...

There is no sinner like a young saint.

Source: Willmore, in The Rover, act 1, sc....

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Eliza Cook: Whom do we...

Eliza Cook: Whom do we...

Whom do we dub as Gentleman?
The Knave, the fool, the brute --
If they but own full tithe of gold,
and Wear a...

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Emily Dickinson: Tis so much...

Emily Dickinson: Tis so much...

'Tis so much joy! 'Tis so much joy! If I should fail, what poverty! And yet, as poor as I Have ventured all upon a...

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Diana Ross: Criticism, even when...

Diana Ross: Criticism, even when...

Criticism, even when you try to ignore it, can hurt. I have cried over many articles written about me, but I move on...

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Hazel Scott: I've always known...

Hazel Scott: I've always known...

I've always known I was gifted, which is not the easiest thing in the world for a person to know, because you're not...

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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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Barbara Ehrenreich: Surely there must...

Barbara Ehrenreich: Surely there must...

Surely there must be some way to find a husband or, for that matter, merely an escort, without sacrificing one's...

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Isabelle Eberhardt: The farther behind...

Isabelle Eberhardt: The farther behind...

The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character.

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Peace Pilgrim: People see themselves...

Peace Pilgrim: People see themselves...

People see themselves as the center of the universe and judge everything as it relates to...

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Antoinette Brown Blackwell: A woman finds...

Antoinette Brown Blackwell: A woman finds...

A woman finds the natural lay of the land almost unconsciously; and not feeling it incumbent on her to be guide and...

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Sonia Johnson: All bonafide revolutions...

Sonia Johnson: All bonafide revolutions...

All bonafide revolutions are of necessity revolutions of the spirit.

Source: In...

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Barbara Deming: A great many...

Barbara Deming: A great many...

A great many of us [must] move from words to acts - from words of dissent to acts of...

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