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Andrea Dworkin: We think that...

Andrea Dworkin: We think that...

We think that we live in a heterosexual society because most men are fixated on women as sexual objects; but, in fact,...

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Carry Nation: If you don't...

Carry Nation: If you don't...

If you don't do it, then the women of this state will do it . . . You refused me the vote and I had to use a...

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Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: The beginning is...

Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: The beginning is...

The beginning is always today.

Source: From Journey in Word, ed. Cyndi Craven; an...

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Babe Didrikson Zaharias: It's not just...

Babe Didrikson Zaharias: It's not just...

It's not just enough to swing at the ball. You've got to loosen your girdle and let 'er...

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Beryl Markham: In Africa people...

Beryl Markham: In Africa people...

In Africa people learn to serve each other. They live on credit balances of little favors that they give and may, one...

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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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Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: Nothing contributes so...

Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: Nothing contributes so...

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its...

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Helena Petrova Blavatsky: The more thou...

Helena Petrova Blavatsky: The more thou...

The more thou dost advance, the more thy feet pitfalls will meet.

Source: In Wisdom...

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Dorothy Height: We've got to...

Dorothy Height: We've got to...

We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we do not, no one else is...

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Coretta Scott King: The more visible...

Coretta Scott King: The more visible...

The more visible signs of protest are gone, but I think there is a realization that the tactics of the late sixties...

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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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Vicki Baum: What I like...

Vicki Baum: What I like...

What I like about Hollywood is that one can get along by knowing two words of English -- SWELL and...

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Hillary Rodham Clinton: Women are always...

Hillary Rodham Clinton: Women are always...

Women are always being tested . . . but ultimately, each of us has to define who we are individually and then do the...

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Margaret Thatcher: Why do you...

Margaret Thatcher: Why do you...

Why do you climb philosophical hills? Because they are worth climbing . . . There are no hills to go down unless you...

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Queen Mother Elizabeth: I would not...

Queen Mother Elizabeth: I would not...

I would not want it to be though that I had lived for all these years without having anything to show for...

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Ruth Benedict: I gambled on...

Ruth Benedict: I gambled on...

I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one for the world.

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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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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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Katherine Mansfield: Tidied all my...

Katherine Mansfield: Tidied all my...

Tidied all my papers. Tore up and ruthlessly destroyed much. This is always a great...

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Elizabeth Kenny: The record of...

Elizabeth Kenny: The record of...

The record of one's life must needs prove more interesting to him who writes it than to him who reads what has been...

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