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Helena Petrova Blavatsky: Knowledge increases in...

Helena Petrova Blavatsky: Knowledge increases in...

Knowledge increases in proportion to its use -- that is, the more we teach the more we...

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Julia Child: I was 32...

Julia Child: I was 32...

I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.

Source: Particular...

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Barbara Bush: The winner of...

Barbara Bush: The winner of...

The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal...

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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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Marilyn Monroe: My work is...

Marilyn Monroe: My work is...

My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation --but...

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Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Cheap labor is...

Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Cheap labor is...

Cheap labor is not going to be the way we compete in the United States. It's going to be brain...

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Susan RoAne: They say, You...

Susan RoAne: They say, You...

They say, You can't give a smile away; it always comes back. The same is true of a kind word or a conversation...

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Beatrice Potter Webb: If I ever...

Beatrice Potter Webb: If I ever...

If I ever felt inclined to be timid as I was going into a room full of people, I would say to myself, 'You're the...

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Barbra Streisand: Why does a...

Barbra Streisand: Why does a...

Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she...

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Joan Rivers: I succeeded by...

Joan Rivers: I succeeded by...

I succeeded by saying what everyone else is thinking.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold,...

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Beatrice Lillie: I'll simply say...

Beatrice Lillie: I'll simply say...

I'll simply say here that I was born Beatrice Gladys Lillie at an extremely tender age because my mother needed a...

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Nikki Giovanni: Mistakes are a...

Nikki Giovanni: Mistakes are a...

Mistakes are a fact of life
It is the response to error that counts.


Source: Of...

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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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Lorraine Hansberry: Seems like God...

Lorraine Hansberry: Seems like God...

Seems like God don't see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams -- but He did give us children to make them...

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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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Anne Bradstreet: Authority without wisdom...

Anne Bradstreet: Authority without wisdom...

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edg[e], fitter to bruise than...

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Helen Hayes: Only the poet...

Helen Hayes: Only the poet...

Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture.

Source: In The...

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Zsa Zsa Gabor: To a smart...

Zsa Zsa Gabor: To a smart...

To a smart girl men are no problem -- they're the answer.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Michelle Pfeiffer: You know, I...

Michelle Pfeiffer: You know, I...

You know, I look like a duck. I just do. And I'm not the only person who thinks that. It's the way my mouth sort of...

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Thelma Ritter: If there's anything...

Thelma Ritter: If there's anything...

If there's anything worse than a woman living alone, it's a woman saying she likes it.

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