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Wilma Pearl Mankiller: Everybody is sitting...

Wilma Pearl Mankiller: Everybody is sitting...

Everybody is sitting around saying, 'Well, jeez, we need somebody to solve this problem of bias.' That somebody is...

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Catherine the Great: A great wind...

Catherine the Great: A great wind...

A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.

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Louise Nevelson: From the first...

Louise Nevelson: From the first...

From the first day in school until the day I graduated, everyone gave me one hundred plus in art. Well, where do you...

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Bernice Fitz-Gibbon: Creativeness often consists...

Bernice Fitz-Gibbon: Creativeness often consists...

Creativeness often consists of merely turning up what is already there. Did you know that right and left shoes were...

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Bernice Fitz-Gibbon: Creativeness often consists...

Bernice Fitz-Gibbon: Creativeness often consists...

Creativeness often consists of merely turning up what is already there. Did you know that the right and left shoes...

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Mary Kay Ash: There are two...

Mary Kay Ash: There are two...

There are two things people want more than sex and money -- recognition and praise.

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Helena Rubinstein: Whether you are...

Helena Rubinstein: Whether you are...

Whether you are sixteen or over sixty, remember, understatement is the rule of a fine makeup artist. Adjust your...

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Beverly Sills: You may be...

Beverly Sills: You may be...

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

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Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetry is life...

Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetry is life...

Poetry is life distilled.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection,...

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Joanna Baillie: Thinks't thou there...

Joanna Baillie: Thinks't thou there...

Thinks't thou there are no serpents in the world
But those that slide along the grassy sod,
And sting the...

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Jessye Norman: I have a...

Jessye Norman: I have a...

I have a particular affliction. I am unable to say a word I can't spell.

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Zora Neale Hurston: Grab the broom...

Zora Neale Hurston: Grab the broom...

Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Zora Neale Hurston: People can be...

Zora Neale Hurston: People can be...

People can be slave-ships in shoes.

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Anne Bradstreet: If we had...

Anne Bradstreet: If we had...

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant. If we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would...

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Kathleen Turner: Being a sex...

Kathleen Turner: Being a sex...

Being a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks. Most men think it's looks, most women know...

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Lillian Gish: You know, when...

Lillian Gish: You know, when...

You know, when I first went into the movies Lionel Barrymore played my grandfather. Later he played my father and...

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Jeanne Moreau: I don't think...

Jeanne Moreau: I don't think...

I don't think success is harmful, as so many people say. Rather, I believe it indispensable to talent, if for nothing...

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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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Christina of Sweden: Dignity is like...

Christina of Sweden: Dignity is like...

Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.

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Helene Deutsch: All observations point...

Helene Deutsch: All observations point...

All observations point to the fact that the intellectual woman is masculinized; in her, warm, intuitive knowledge has...

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