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Harriet Van Horne: There are days...

Harriet Van Horne: There are days...

There are days when any electrical appliance in the house, including the vacuum cleaner, seems to offer more...

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Margaret Halsey: The people who...

Margaret Halsey: The people who...

The people who say you are not facing reality actually mean that you are not facing their idea of reality. Reality is...

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Mary Lyon: If anyone thinks...

Mary Lyon: If anyone thinks...

If anyone thinks he has no responsibilities, it is because he has not sought them out.

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Mary Ritter Beard: In their quest...

Mary Ritter Beard: In their quest...

In their quest for rights they [women] have naturally placed emphasis on their wrongs, rather than their achievements...

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Edith Clara Summerskill: I learned that...

Edith Clara Summerskill: I learned that...

I learned that economics was not an exact science and that the most erudite men would analyze the economic ills of the...

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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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Jennie Jerome Churchill: Life is not...

Jennie Jerome Churchill: Life is not...

Life is not always not always what one wants it to be, but to make the best of it as it is the only way of being...

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Katherine Mansfield: Risk! Risk anything!...

Katherine Mansfield: Risk! Risk anything!...

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you....

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Carter Heyward: Love is a...

Carter Heyward: Love is a...

Love is a choice -- not simply, or necessarily, a rational choice, but rather a willingness to be present to others...

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Catharine Esther Beecher: Woman's great mission...

Catharine Esther Beecher: Woman's great mission...

Woman's great mission is to train immature weak, and ignorant creatures to obey the laws of God; the physical, the...

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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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Marguerite Yourcenar: The memory of...

Marguerite Yourcenar: The memory of...

The memory of most men is an abandoned cemetery where lie, unsung and unhonored, the dead whom they have ceased to...

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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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Grace Murray Hopper: If it isn't...

Grace Murray Hopper: If it isn't...

If it isn't bolted down, bring it home.

Source: In The Manager's Book of...

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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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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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Nancy Astor: I used to...

Nancy Astor: I used to...

I used to dread getting older because I thought I would not be able to do all the things I wanted to do, but now that...

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George Eliot: We hand folks...

George Eliot: We hand folks...

We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.

Source: Adam Bede, ch....

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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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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: When Harvard men...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: When Harvard men...

When Harvard men say they've graduated from Radcliffe, then we've made it.

Source:...

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