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Vicki Baum: A woman who...

Vicki Baum: A woman who...

A woman who is loved always has success.

Source: Grand Hotel, 1929.
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Margot Asquith: If Kitchener was...

Margot Asquith: If Kitchener was...

If Kitchener was not a great man, he was, at least, a great poster.

Source:...

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Mary Martha Sherwood: . . ....

Mary Martha Sherwood: . . ....

. . . it is the very nature of sin to prevent man from meditating on spiritual things. . .

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Eleanor Roosevelt: Life was meant...

Eleanor Roosevelt: Life was meant...

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on...

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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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Corazon Aquino: They came out...

Corazon Aquino: They came out...

They came out in the millions to show their dogged support for the woman the dictatorship claimed it had defeated in...

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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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Emily Blackwell: For what is...

Emily Blackwell: For what is...

For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all...

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Joanna Field: I began to...

Joanna Field: I began to...

I began to suggest that thought, which I had always before Iooked on as a cart-horse to be driven, whipped and...

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Diane Ravitch: The ladder was...

Diane Ravitch: The ladder was...

The ladder was there, from the gutter to the university, and for those stalwart enough to ascend it, the schools were...

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Sylvia Ashton-Warner: Love has the...

Sylvia Ashton-Warner: Love has the...

Love has the quality of informing almost everything -- even one's work.

Source:...

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Mary Ritter Beard: While it is...

Mary Ritter Beard: While it is...

While it is generally agreed that the visible expressions and agencies are necessary instruments, civilization seems...

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Anne Hutchinson: What from the...

Anne Hutchinson: What from the...

What from the Church at Boston? I know no such church, neither will I own it. Call it the whore and strumpet of...

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Andrea Dworkin: The utopian male...

Andrea Dworkin: The utopian male...

The utopian male concept which is the premise of male pornography is this --since manhood is established and confirmed...

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Mary Church Terrell: We are the...

Mary Church Terrell: We are the...

We are the only human beings in the world with . . . 57 varieties of complexions who are classed together as a single...

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Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: The same energy...

Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: The same energy...

The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful in society, had that...

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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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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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Martha Beck: Every instance of...

Martha Beck: Every instance of...

Every instance of heartbreak can teach us powerful lessons about creating the kind of love we really...

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Kate Chopin: There are some...

Kate Chopin: There are some...

There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the...

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