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St Teresa of Avila: I only wish...

St Teresa of Avila: I only wish...

I only wish I could write with both hands, so as not to forget one thing while I am saying...

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Nannie Burroughs: What we need...

Nannie Burroughs: What we need...

What we need are mental and spiritual giants who are aflame with a purpose . . . We're a race ready for crusade, for...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: I do not...

Marie Anne du Deffand: I do not...

I do not know why Diogenes * went looking for a man: nothing could happen to him worse than finding...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: No one can...

Eleanor Roosevelt: No one can...

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Source: This is My Story,...

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Alice Paul: There will never...

Alice Paul: There will never...

There will never be a new world order until women are a part of it.

Source: In...

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Agatha Christie: I didn't want...

Agatha Christie: I didn't want...

I didn't want to work. It was as simple as that. I distrusted work, disliked it. I thought it was a very bad thing...

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Vicki Baum: The deadliest feeling...

Vicki Baum: The deadliest feeling...

The deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman is pity.

Source: In The...

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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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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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Andrea Dworkin: All personal, psychological,...

Andrea Dworkin: All personal, psychological,...

All personal, psychological, social, and institutionalized domination on this earth can be traced back to its source:...

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Babe Didrikson Zaharias: Before I was...

Babe Didrikson Zaharias: Before I was...

Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be the greatest...

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Carolyn Heilbrun: Ideas move rapidly...

Carolyn Heilbrun: Ideas move rapidly...

Ideas move rapidly when their time comes.

Source: Toward a Recognition of...

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Faith Popcorn: Just before consumers...

Faith Popcorn: Just before consumers...

Just before consumers stop doing something, they do it with a vengeance.

Source: In...

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Margot Fonteyn: Great artists are...

Margot Fonteyn: Great artists are...

Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in...

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Nadia Boulanger: The essential [conditions]...

Nadia Boulanger: The essential [conditions]...

The essential [conditions] of everything you do . . . must be choice, love, passion.

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Britney Spears: I think I've...

Britney Spears: I think I've...

I think I've always had these songs that I've been writing in my head. Now I feel ready to let people start to hear...

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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: One ugly trick...

Ann (and Jane) Taylor: One ugly trick...

One ugly trick has often spoiled
The sweetest and the best;
Matilda, though a pleasant child,
One ugly trick...

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Louise Erdrich: Here I am,...

Louise Erdrich: Here I am,...

Here I am, where I ought to be. A writer must have a place where he or she feels this, a place to love and be...

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Lily Tomlin: For fast acting...

Lily Tomlin: For fast acting...

For fast acting relief, try slowing down.

Source: In Quote Disk 1,2,3, by DBUG,...

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Greta Garbo: I'm afraid of...

Greta Garbo: I'm afraid of...

I'm afraid of nothing except being bored.

Source: Garbo to Robert Taylor in...

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