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Althea Gibson: In sports, you...

Althea Gibson: In sports, you...

In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it...

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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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Grace Speare: When you think...

Grace Speare: When you think...

When you think something, you think in picture. You don't think a thought in words. You think a picture that expresses...

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Antoinette Brown Blackwell: The brain is...

Antoinette Brown Blackwell: The brain is...

The brain is not, and cannot be, the sole or complete organ of thought and feeling.

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Betty Friedan: When she stopped...

Betty Friedan: When she stopped...

When she stopped conforming to the conventional picture of femininity she finally began to enjoy being a...

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Phyllis McGinley: A lady is...

Phyllis McGinley: A lady is...

A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe,
She can sew a fine seam, she can have a baby,
She can use her...

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Sarah Bernhardt: The monster of...

Sarah Bernhardt: The monster of...

The monster of advertisement. . . is a sort of octopus with innumerable tentacles. It. . . gathers in, through its...

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Ruth Gordon: If you believe,...

Ruth Gordon: If you believe,...

If you believe, then you hang on. If you believe, it means you've got imagination, you don't need stuff thrown out on...

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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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Kirstie Alley: I've learned that...

Kirstie Alley: I've learned that...

I've learned that you'll never be disappointed if you always keep an eye on uncharted territory, where you'll be...

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Francesca Annis: It's like a...

Francesca Annis: It's like a...

It's like a fire. It goes through a journey, and each stage is interesting. I don't regret the passing of time. I try...

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Gwendolyn Brooks: Truth-tellers are not...

Gwendolyn Brooks: Truth-tellers are not...

Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars.

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Georgia O'Keeffe: I don't much...

Georgia O'Keeffe: I don't much...

I don't much enjoy looking at paintings in general. I know too much about them. I take them...

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Judith Jamison: We can go...

Judith Jamison: We can go...

We can go on talking about racism and who treated whom badly, but what are you going to do about it? Are you going to...

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Martha Graham: The only sin...

Martha Graham: The only sin...

The only sin is mediocrity.

Source: In The New York Times, 31 Mar 1985.
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Maria Callas: When music fails...

Maria Callas: When music fails...

When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it had missed the...

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Nikki Giovanni: Art is not...

Nikki Giovanni: Art is not...

Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste.

Source: In Words of...

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Marsha Norman: Success is always...

Marsha Norman: Success is always...

Success is always something that you have to recover from.

Source: Interviews with...

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Louise A Bogan: In a time...

Louise A Bogan: In a time...

In a time lacking in truth and certainty and filled with anguish and despair, no woman should be shamefaced in...

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Anne Bradstreet: Authority without wisdom...

Anne Bradstreet: Authority without wisdom...

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edg[e], fitter to bruise than...

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