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Isadora Duncan: Virtuous people are...

Isadora Duncan: Virtuous people are...

Virtuous people are simply those who have. . . not been tempted sufficiently, because they live in a vegetative state,...

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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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Ruth Draper: Try to look...

Ruth Draper: Try to look...

Try to look at everything through the eyes of a child.

Source: In Discerning God's...

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Debra Winger: I push for...

Debra Winger: I push for...

I push for what I think can be the best, and if I feel they're not going for the best, it kills...

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Marian Anderson: Sometimes you're overwhelmed...

Marian Anderson: Sometimes you're overwhelmed...

Sometimes you're overwhelmed when a thing comes, and you do not realize the magnitude of the affair at that moment....

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Catherine the Great: I shall be...

Catherine the Great: I shall be...

I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade; and that good Lord will forgive me, that's his.

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Rachel Donaldson Jackson: To tell you...

Rachel Donaldson Jackson: To tell you...

To tell you of this city, I would not do justice to the subject. The extravagance is in dressing and running to...

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Tallulah Bankhead: I'll come and...

Tallulah Bankhead: I'll come and...

I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late start without me.

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Tallulah Bankhead: Cocaine habit-forming?...

Tallulah Bankhead: Cocaine habit-forming?...

Cocaine habit-forming? Of course not. I ought to know. I've been using it for years.

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Anna Jameson: Fame is that...

Anna Jameson: Fame is that...

Fame is that which is known to exist by the echo of its footsteps through congenial minds.

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Peace Pilgrim: Anything you cannot...

Peace Pilgrim: Anything you cannot...

Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a...

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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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Ethel Percy Andrus: The human contribution...

Ethel Percy Andrus: The human contribution...

The human contribution is the essential ingredient.

Source: In The Last Word - A...

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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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Ruth Westheimer: Our way is...

Ruth Westheimer: Our way is...

Our way is not soft grass, it's a mountain path with lots of rocks. But it goes upwards, forward, toward the...

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bell hooks: The academy is...

bell hooks: The academy is...

The academy is not paradise. But learning is a place where paradise can be created.

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Anna Julia Cooper: One needs occasionally...

Anna Julia Cooper: One needs occasionally...

One needs occasionally to stand aside from the hum and rush of human interests and passions to hear the voices of...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: . ....

Marie Anne du Deffand: . ....

. . . everything seems insupportable to me. This may very well be because I am insupportable...

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Edna Ferber: I think that...

Edna Ferber: I think that...

I think that in order to write really well and convincingly, one must he somewhat poisoned by emotion. Dislike,...

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Alice Paul: I always feel...

Alice Paul: I always feel...

I always feel the movement is a sort of mosaic. Each of us puts in one little stone, and then you get a great mosaic...

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