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Grace Murray Hopper: If one ox...

Grace Murray Hopper: If one ox...

If one ox could not do the job they did not try to grow a bigger ox, but used two oxen. When we need greater computer...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: The advantage of...

Natalie Clifford Barney: The advantage of...

The advantage of love at first sight is that it delays a second sight.

Source: In...

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Helene Deutsch: The embattled gates...

Helene Deutsch: The embattled gates...

The embattled gates to equal rights indeed opened up for modern women, but I sometimes think to myself: That is not...

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Joanna Field: I began to...

Joanna Field: I began to...

I began to suggest that thought, which I had always before Iooked on as a cart-horse to be driven, whipped and...

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Barbara Tuchman: Honor wears different...

Barbara Tuchman: Honor wears different...

Honor wears different coats to different eyes.

Source: The Guns of August,...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: Whatever is clearly...

Mary Wortley Montagu: Whatever is clearly...

Whatever is clearly expressed is well wrote.

Source: letter to James Steuart, July...

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Erica Jong: Surviving meant being...

Erica Jong: Surviving meant being...

Surviving meant being born over and over.

Source:
-- Erica Jong, (Mar 26...

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Mary Martha Sherwood: . . ....

Mary Martha Sherwood: . . ....

. . . it is the very nature of sin to prevent man from meditating on spiritual things. . .

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Barbara Bush: You have to...

Barbara Bush: You have to...

You have to love your children unselfishly. That is hard. But it is the only way.

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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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Christina of Sweden: There is a...

Christina of Sweden: There is a...

There is a star above us which unites souls of the first order, though worlds and ages separate...

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Margaret Mead: Some veil between...

Margaret Mead: Some veil between...

Some veil between childhood and the present is necessary. If the veil is withdrawn, the artistic imagination sickens...

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Zelda Fitzgerald: It is the...

Zelda Fitzgerald: It is the...

It is the loose ends with which men hang themselves.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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St Teresa of Avila: Patient endurance<br>Attaineth to...

St Teresa of Avila: Patient endurance
Attaineth to...

Patient endurance
Attaineth to all things;
Who God possesseth
In nothing is wanting;
Alone God...

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Joyce A Myers: Life's an open...

Joyce A Myers: Life's an open...

Life's an open book and an education helps you write success stories.

Source: In...

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Barbara Ward: The modern world...

Barbara Ward: The modern world...

The modern world is not given to uncritical admiration. It expects its idols to have feet of clay and can be...

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Judith Jamison: I m moved...

Judith Jamison: I m moved...

I m moved by contraries, by opposites, the strength that was my mother's eyes, the beauty of my father's...

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Judith Jamison: We can go...

Judith Jamison: We can go...

We can go on talking about racism and who treated whom badly, but what are you going to do about it? Are you going to...

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Nellie Melba: The first rule...

Nellie Melba: The first rule...

The first rule in opera is the first rule in life: see to everything yourself.

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Lotte Lehmann: The music is...

Lotte Lehmann: The music is...

The music is the shining path over which the poet travels to bring his song to the world.

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