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Barbara Deming: Think first of...

Barbara Deming: Think first of...

Think first of the action that is right to take, think later about coping with one's...

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Barbara Deming: Vengeance is not...

Barbara Deming: Vengeance is not...

Vengeance is not the point; change is. But the trouble is that in most [people's] minds the thought of victory and the...

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Andrea Dworkin: We think that...

Andrea Dworkin: We think that...

We think that we live in a heterosexual society because most men are fixated on women as sexual objects; but, in fact,...

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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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Anna Kournikova: I worked very...

Anna Kournikova: I worked very...

I worked very hard and I earned all the attention I'm getting.

Source:
-- Anna...

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Martina Navratilova: I hope, when...

Martina Navratilova: I hope, when...

I hope, when I stop, people will think that somehow I mattered.

Source: In...

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Marie Curie: Life is not...

Marie Curie: Life is not...

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We...

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Chris Evert Lloyd: I always looked...

Chris Evert Lloyd: I always looked...

I always looked ahead.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library,...

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Wilma Rudolph: I had a...

Wilma Rudolph: I had a...

I had a series of childhood illnesses . . . scarlet fever . . . . pneumonia . . . . Polio. I walked with braces until...

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Dorothy Parker: Authors and actors...

Dorothy Parker: Authors and actors...

Authors and actors and artists and such
Never know nothing, and never know much.


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Helena Petrova Blavatsky: To act wisely...

Helena Petrova Blavatsky: To act wisely...

To act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in accord with the...

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Anne Frank: And finally I...

Anne Frank: And finally I...

And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside, and keep on...

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Elizabeth Fry: I wish the...

Elizabeth Fry: I wish the...

I wish the state of enthusiasm I am now in may last, for today I FELT there is a God. I have been devotional and my...

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Rose Elizabeth Bird: It is easy...

Rose Elizabeth Bird: It is easy...

It is easy to be popular. It is not easy to be just.

Source: In Boston Globe, 25...

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Dinah Mulock Craik: It seems as...

Dinah Mulock Craik: It seems as...

It seems as if she had given these treasures and left him alone -- to use them, or lose them, apply them, or misapply...

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Elizabeth Dole: Women share with...

Elizabeth Dole: Women share with...

Women share with men the need for personal success, even the taste of power, and no longer are we willing to satisfy...

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Christina of Sweden: We grow old...

Christina of Sweden: We grow old...

We grow old more through indolence, than through age.

Source: Maxims, 1660-1680, in...

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Nancy Astor: One reason why...

Nancy Astor: One reason why...

One reason why I don't drink is because I wish to know when I'm having a good time.

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Mary Ritter Beard: [T]hose who sit...

Mary Ritter Beard: [T]hose who sit...

[T]hose who sit at the feast will continue to enjoy themselves even though the veil that separates them from the world...

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Jane Austen: Why not seize...

Jane Austen: Why not seize...

Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish...

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