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Mary Frances Berry: The time when...

Mary Frances Berry: The time when...

The time when you need to do something is when no one else is willing to do it, when people are saying it can't be...

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Corazon Aquino: They came out...

Corazon Aquino: They came out...

They came out in the millions to show their dogged support for the woman the dictatorship claimed it had defeated in...

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Corazon Aquino: Reconciliation should be...

Corazon Aquino: Reconciliation should be...

Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't...

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Hannah Arendt: Total loyalty is...

Hannah Arendt: Total loyalty is...

Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might...

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Hannah Arendt: Only the mob...

Hannah Arendt: Only the mob...

Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Search for the...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Search for the...

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

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Meridel Le Sueur: Surround of rainbows...

Meridel Le Sueur: Surround of rainbows...

Surround of rainbows
Listen
The rain comes upon us
Restore us.


Source:...

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Mary Church Terrell: Lifting as they...

Mary Church Terrell: Lifting as they...

Lifting as they climb, onward and upward they go struggling and striving and hoping that the buds and blossoms of...

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Bonnie Blair: No matter what...

Bonnie Blair: No matter what...

No matter what the competition is, I try to find a goal that day and better that goal.

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Anna Kournikova: I think that...

Anna Kournikova: I think that...

I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies.

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Althea Gibson: Shaking hands with...

Althea Gibson: Shaking hands with...

Shaking hands with the Queen of England was a long way from being forced to sit in the colored section of the bus...

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Beryl Markham: I could never...

Beryl Markham: I could never...

I could never tell where inspiration begins and impulse leaves off. I suppose the answer is in the outcome. If your...

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Barbara Deming: Nonviolent actions does...

Barbara Deming: Nonviolent actions does...

Nonviolent actions does not have to get others to be nice. It can in effect force them to consult their...

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Pauline Kael: I believe that...

Pauline Kael: I believe that...

I believe that we respond most and best to work in any art form (and to other experience as well) if we are...

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Ann Landers: Nobody ever drowned...

Ann Landers: Nobody ever drowned...

Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...

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Mary Pettibone Poole: People who think...

Mary Pettibone Poole: People who think...

People who think money can do anything may very well be suspected of doing anything for...

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Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetry is life...

Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetry is life...

Poetry is life distilled.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection,...

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Jacqueline Bisset: Ideally, couples need...

Jacqueline Bisset: Ideally, couples need...

Ideally, couples need three lives; one for him, one for her, and one for them together.

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Mae West: It isn't what...

Mae West: It isn't what...

It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it. And how I look when I do it and say...

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Katharine Hepburn: I can remember...

Katharine Hepburn: I can remember...

I can remember walking as a child. It was not customary to say you were fatigued. It was customary to complete the...

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