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Bernice Fitz-Gibbon: Creativeness often consists...

Bernice Fitz-Gibbon: Creativeness often consists...

Creativeness often consists of merely turning up what is already there. Did you know that right and left shoes were...

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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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Helena Rubinstein: There are no...

Helena Rubinstein: There are no...

There are no ugly women, only lazy ones.

Source: My Life for Beauty, pt. II, ch....

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The one predominant...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The one predominant...

The one predominant duty is to find one's work and do it.

Source: The Living of...

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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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Beverly Sills: Art is the...

Beverly Sills: Art is the...

Art is the signature of civilization.

Source: Interview - 1985.
-- Beverly...

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Nikki Giovanni: If you don't...

Nikki Giovanni: If you don't...

If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else.

Source: A...

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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: How pleasant it...

Ann (and Jane) Taylor: How pleasant it...

How pleasant it is, at the end of the day,
No follies to have to repent;
But reflect on the past, and be able to...

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Anne Sexton: Even without wars,...

Anne Sexton: Even without wars,...

Even without wars, life is dangerous.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Stevie Smith: Nobody heard him,...

Stevie Smith: Nobody heard him,...

Nobody heard him, the dead man,
But still he lay moaning:
I was much further out than you thought
And not...

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Elizabeth Coatsworth: The sunset caught...

Elizabeth Coatsworth: The sunset caught...

The sunset caught me, turned the brush to copper,
set the clouds
to one great roof of flame
above the...

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Elizabeth Ashley: The only thing...

Elizabeth Ashley: The only thing...

The only thing I like about being an actress is acting.

Source: In The Last Word -...

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Peace Pilgrim: People see themselves...

Peace Pilgrim: People see themselves...

People see themselves as the center of the universe and judge everything as it relates to...

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Sonia Johnson: In our patriarchal...

Sonia Johnson: In our patriarchal...

In our patriarchal world, we are al1 taught -- whether we like to think we are or not -- that God, being male, values...

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Ella Baker: There is also...

Ella Baker: There is also...

There is also the danger in our culture that because a person is called upon to give public statements and is...

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Rosa Parks: Have you ever...

Rosa Parks: Have you ever...

Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over...

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Mary Astell: If all men...

Mary Astell: If all men...

If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves?

Source: In...

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Robin Morgan: It isn't until...

Robin Morgan: It isn't until...

It isn't until you begin to fight in your own cause that you (a) become really committed to winning, and (b) become a...

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Olympia Brown: How natural that...

Olympia Brown: How natural that...

How natural that the errors of the ancient should be handed down and, mixing with the principles and system which...

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Florida Scott-Maxwell: No matter how...

Florida Scott-Maxwell: No matter how...

No matter how old a mother is she watches her middle-aged children for signs of...

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