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Jeanne-Marie Roland: People who know...

Jeanne-Marie Roland: People who know...

People who know how to employ themselves, always find leisure moments, while those who do nothing are forever in a...

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Lucy Stone: I know not...

Lucy Stone: I know not...

I know not what you believe of God, but I believe He gave yearnings and longings to be filled, and that He did not...

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Sally Kempton: I became a...

Sally Kempton: I became a...

I became a feminist as an alternative to becoming a masochist.

Source: Cutting...

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Babe Didrikson Zaharias: It's not just...

Babe Didrikson Zaharias: It's not just...

It's not just enough to swing at the ball. You've got to loosen your girdle and let 'er...

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Billie Jean King: The trouble with...

Billie Jean King: The trouble with...

The trouble with being number one in the world - in anything- is that it takes a certain mentality to attain that...

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Carolyn Heilbrun: Ideas move rapidly...

Carolyn Heilbrun: Ideas move rapidly...

Ideas move rapidly when their time comes.

Source: Toward a Recognition of...

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Anne Hutchinson: An oath, sir,...

Anne Hutchinson: An oath, sir,...

An oath, sir, is an end of all strife, and it is God's ordinance.

Source: Spoken at...

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Anne Hutchinson: I thinke the...

Anne Hutchinson: I thinke the...

I thinke the soule to be nothing but Light.

Source: Spoken at her trial in Boston,...

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Anne Hutchinson: I feel that...

Anne Hutchinson: I feel that...

I feel that nothing important ever happens that is not revealed to me beforehand.

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Peace Pilgrim: I've met a...

Peace Pilgrim: I've met a...

I've met a few people who had to change their jobs in order to change their lives, but I've met many more people who...

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Sojourner Truth: I am not...

Sojourner Truth: I am not...

I am not going to die, I'm going home like a shooting star.

Source: c. 1883, in...

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Margaret Oliphant: [E]mbarrassment and perplexity...

Margaret Oliphant: [E]mbarrassment and perplexity...

[E]mbarrassment and perplexity are a kind of natural accompaniment to life and movement; and it is better to be driven...

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Ada Louise Huxtable: Every creative act...

Ada Louise Huxtable: Every creative act...

Every creative act draws on the past whether it pretends to or not. It draws on what it knows. There is no such thing,...

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Deborah Kerr: [Autobiographies] are all...

Deborah Kerr: [Autobiographies] are all...

[Autobiographies] are all the same -- it's always rags-to-riches or I-slept-with-so-and-so. Damned if I'm going to say...

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Thelma Ritter: Do you know...

Thelma Ritter: Do you know...

Do you know what I like about your program? Even when I'm running the vacuum, I can understand...

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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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Britney Spears: I think I've...

Britney Spears: I think I've...

I think I've always had these songs that I've been writing in my head. Now I feel ready to let people start to hear...

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Emily Dickinson: I . ....

Emily Dickinson: I . ....

I . . . am small, like the wren, and my hair is bold like the chestnut burr; and my eyes like the sherry in the glass...

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Marian Anderson: Sometimes you're overwhelmed...

Marian Anderson: Sometimes you're overwhelmed...

Sometimes you're overwhelmed when a thing comes, and you do not realize the magnitude of the affair at that moment....

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