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Gretel Ehrlich: Am I like...

Gretel Ehrlich: Am I like...

Am I like the optimist who, while falling ten stories from a building, says at each story, I'm all right so...

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Barbara Mikulski: I think leadership...

Barbara Mikulski: I think leadership...

I think leadership is creating a state of mind in others.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Queen Victoria: I don't dislike...

Queen Victoria: I don't dislike...

I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting.

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Margot Asquith: The ingrained idea...

Margot Asquith: The ingrained idea...

The ingrained idea that, because there is no king and they despise titles, the Americans are a free people is...

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M F K Fisher: For anyone addicted...

M F K Fisher: For anyone addicted...

For anyone addicted to reading commonplace books . . . finding a good new one is much like enduring a familiar...

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Doroth?e DeLuzy: We believe at...

Doroth?e DeLuzy: We believe at...

We believe at once in evil, we only believe in good upon reflection. Is this not sad?

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Mary Lyon: Nine-tenths of our...

Mary Lyon: Nine-tenths of our...

Nine-tenths of our suffering is caused by others not thinking so much of us as we think they...

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Mary Ritter Beard: Beneath the surface...

Mary Ritter Beard: Beneath the surface...

Beneath the surface of civilian interests and capitalistic enterprise smoldered embers of the world's war spirit --...

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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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Marie Anne du Deffand: Heed the still,...

Marie Anne du Deffand: Heed the still,...

Heed the still, small voice that so seldom leads us wrong, and never into folly.

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Bella Abzug: The test for...

Bella Abzug: The test for...

The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your...

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Barbara De Angelis: If you aren't...

Barbara De Angelis: If you aren't...

If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: The human mind...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: The human mind...

The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.

Source: In...

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Dorothy L Sayers: She always says,...

Dorothy L Sayers: She always says,...

She always says, my lord, that facts are like cows. If you look them in the face hard enough they generally run...

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Annie Dillard: Appealing workplaces are...

Annie Dillard: Appealing workplaces are...

Appealing workplaces are to be avoided. One wants a room with no view, so imagination can meet memory in the...

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Hannah Arendt: Only the mob...

Hannah Arendt: Only the mob...

Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by...

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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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Grace Murray Hopper: At any given...

Grace Murray Hopper: At any given...

At any given moment, there is always a line representing what your boss will believe. If you step over it, you will...

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Katherine Mansfield: The mind I...

Katherine Mansfield: The mind I...

The mind I love must have wild places, a tangled orchard where dark damsons drop in the heavy grass, an overgrown...

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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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