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Jane Austen: One cannot be...

Jane Austen: One cannot be...

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.

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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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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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Mary Ritter Beard: In their quest...

Mary Ritter Beard: In their quest...

In their quest for rights they [women] have naturally placed emphasis on their wrongs, rather than their achievements...

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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.

Source:...

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Nancy Astor: The main dangers...

Nancy Astor: The main dangers...

The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything -- or nothing.

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Meridel Le Sueur: Each generation must...

Meridel Le Sueur: Each generation must...

Each generation must go further than the last or what's the use in it?

Source:...

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Grace Murray Hopper: Some day, on...

Grace Murray Hopper: Some day, on...

Some day, on the corporate balance sheet, there will be an entry which reads, Information; for in most cases, the...

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Grace Murray Hopper: You cannot manage...

Grace Murray Hopper: You cannot manage...

You cannot manage men into battle. You manage things; you lead people.

Source: In...

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St Teresa of Avila: How is it,...

St Teresa of Avila: How is it,...

How is it, Lord, that we are cowards in everything save in opposing Thee?

Source:...

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Josephine St Pierre Ruffin: We are justified...

Josephine St Pierre Ruffin: We are justified...

We are justified in believing that the success of this movement for equality of the sexes means more progress toward...

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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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Peace Pilgrim: I've met a...

Peace Pilgrim: I've met a...

I've met a few people who had to change their jobs in order to change their lives, but I've met many more people who...

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Mary Astell: Women are from...

Mary Astell: Women are from...

Women are from their very Infancy debarr'd those advantages [of education] with the want of which they are afterwards...

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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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Barbara Deming: Make it impossible...

Barbara Deming: Make it impossible...

Make it impossible for [the authority] to operate within the system as usual . . . making it impossible for him simply...

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Diane Sawyer: People tend to...

Diane Sawyer: People tend to...

People tend to vote the present tense -- not the subjective.

Source: On CBS-TV, 8...

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Sheilah Graham: You can have...

Sheilah Graham: You can have...

You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an inner exuberance that...

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Pauline Kael: I believe that...

Pauline Kael: I believe that...

I believe that we respond most and best to work in any art form (and to other experience as well) if we are...

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Louise Nevelson: What we start...

Louise Nevelson: What we start...

What we start with is a conviction to fulfill our being. Horses, trees fulfill themselves. Why shouldn't...

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