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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: But childhood prolonged,...

Louise A Bogan: But childhood prolonged,...

But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell.

Source:...

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Louise A Bogan: Women have no...

Louise A Bogan: Women have no...

Women have no wilderness in them
They are provident instead
Content in the tight hot cell of their hearts
To...

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Shelagh Delaney: [W]hen you leave...

Shelagh Delaney: [W]hen you leave...

[W]hen you leave school finally you will find that life is a game, sometimes serious, sometimes fun, but a game that...

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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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Emily Dickinson: Faith is a...

Emily Dickinson: Faith is a...

Faith is a fine invention
When Gentleman can see --
But Microscopes are prudent
In an...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Men get opinions...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Men get opinions...

Men get opinions as boys learn to spell,
By reiteration chiefly.


Source: Aurora...

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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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Gwendolyn Bennett: Silence is a...

Gwendolyn Bennett: Silence is a...

Silence is a sounding thing
To one who listens hungrily.


Source: Your...

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Joanna Baillie: Thinks't thou there...

Joanna Baillie: Thinks't thou there...

Thinks't thou there are no serpents in the world
But those that slide along the grassy sod,
And sting the...

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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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Corita Kent: There are so...

Corita Kent: There are so...

There are so many hungry people that God cannot appear to them except in the form of...

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Corita Kent: Flowers grow out...

Corita Kent: Flowers grow out...

Flowers grow out of dark moments.

Source: Moments of 1984, Beacon 1984.
--...

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Louise Nevelson: From the first...

Louise Nevelson: From the first...

From the first day in school until the day I graduated, everyone gave me one hundred plus in art. Well, where do you...

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Bernice Fitz-Gibbon: Teenagers travel in...

Bernice Fitz-Gibbon: Teenagers travel in...

Teenagers travel in droves, packs, swarms. . . .To the librarian, they're a gaggle of geese. To the cook, they're a...

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Joyce A Myers: Education levels the...

Joyce A Myers: Education levels the...

Education levels the playing field, allowing everyone to compete.

Source: In The...

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Mary Kay Ash: Most people live...

Mary Kay Ash: Most people live...

Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.

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Mary Kay Ash: For every failure,...

Mary Kay Ash: For every failure,...

For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock,...

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Mary Kay Ash: So many women...

Mary Kay Ash: So many women...

So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the...

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Est?e Lauder: If you don't...

Est?e Lauder: If you don't...

If you don't sell, it's not the product that's wrong, it's you.

Source: To...

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