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Catharine Esther Beecher: Woman's great mission...

Catharine Esther Beecher: Woman's great mission...

Woman's great mission is to train immature weak, and ignorant creatures to obey the laws of God; the physical, the...

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Freda Adler: There is another...

Freda Adler: There is another...

There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke...

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Frances Perkins: The quality of...

Frances Perkins: The quality of...

The quality of his being one with the people, of having no artificial or natural barriers between him and them, made...

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Ninon de Lenclos: The resistance of...

Ninon de Lenclos: The resistance of...

The resistance of a woman is not always proof of her virtue but more frequently of her...

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Ruth Benedict: Our faith in...

Ruth Benedict: Our faith in...

Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.

Source: An...

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Margaret Mead: I was brought...

Margaret Mead: I was brought...

I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the...

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Tammy Faye Bakker: There's times when...

Tammy Faye Bakker: There's times when...

There's times when I just have to quit thinking . . . and the only way I can quit thinking is by...

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Alice Paul: I always feel...

Alice Paul: I always feel...

I always feel the movement is a sort of mosaic. Each of us puts in one little stone, and then you get a great mosaic...

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Christa McAuliffe: What are we...

Christa McAuliffe: What are we...

What are we doing here? We're reaching for the stars.

Source: In Time, 10 Feb...

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Margaret Walker: The Word of...

Margaret Walker: The Word of...

The Word of fire burns today
On the lips of our prophets in an evil age.


Source:...

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Dorothy L Sayers: A human being...

Dorothy L Sayers: A human being...

A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.

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Dorothy Gilman: But she knew...

Dorothy Gilman: But she knew...

But she knew that she had encountered one of the more devastating kinds of loneliness in existence: that of being in...

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Gloria Vanderbilt: I've always believed...

Gloria Vanderbilt: I've always believed...

I've always believed that one woman's success can only help another woman's success.

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Corita Kent: Life is a...

Corita Kent: Life is a...

Life is a succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed.

Source: In...

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Mary Kay Ash: Criticize the act,...

Mary Kay Ash: Criticize the act,...

Criticize the act, not the person.

Source:
-- Mary Kay Ash, (May 12 1915-2001),...

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Helena Rubinstein: Men are just...

Helena Rubinstein: Men are just...

Men are just as vain as women, and sometimes even more so.

Source: In The Last Word...

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Beatrice Potter Webb: Religion is love;...

Beatrice Potter Webb: Religion is love;...

Religion is love; in no case is it logic.

Source: My Apprenticeship, Ch. 2,...

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Anna Pavlova: Success depends in...

Anna Pavlova: Success depends in...

Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a...

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Grace Hansen: For some time...

Grace Hansen: For some time...

For some time I've had my eye on Tom McCall's seat which is a great deal more than he's had on...

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Ruth Draper: Try to look...

Ruth Draper: Try to look...

Try to look at everything through the eyes of a child.

Source: In Discerning God's...

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