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Martina Navratilova: The moment of...

Martina Navratilova: The moment of...

The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.

Source:...

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Rachel Carson: The ocean is...

Rachel Carson: The ocean is...

The ocean is a place of paradoxes.

Source: Atlantic Monthly, 9/1/1937
-- Rachel...

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Marie Curie: Nothing in life...

Marie Curie: Nothing in life...

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Source: In Peter's...

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Isabelle Eberhardt: I am not...

Isabelle Eberhardt: I am not...

I am not afraid of death, but would not want to die in some obscure or pointless way.

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Doroth?e DeLuzy: Employment and ennui...

Doroth?e DeLuzy: Employment and ennui...

Employment and ennui are simply incompatible.

Source: In The Last Word - A Treasury...

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Joan L Curcio: Courageous risks are...

Joan L Curcio: Courageous risks are...

Courageous risks are life giving, they help you grow, make you brave and better than you think you...

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: With children no...

Eleanor Holmes Norton: With children no...

With children no longer the universally accepted reason for marriage, marriages are going to have to exist on their...

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Sarah Winnemucca: If you make...

Sarah Winnemucca: If you make...

If you make fun of bad persons you make yourself beneath them. . . . Be kind to bad and good, for you don't know your...

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Isabelle Eberhardt: A nomad I...

Isabelle Eberhardt: A nomad I...

A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places.

Source:...

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Ella Baker: Because [our children]...

Ella Baker: Because [our children]...

Because [our children] had had the privilege of growing up where they'd raised a lot of food. They were never hungry....

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Pauline Kael: Art doesn't come...

Pauline Kael: Art doesn't come...

Art doesn't come in measured quantities: it's got to be too much or it's not enough.

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Babe Didrikson Zaharias: All of my...

Babe Didrikson Zaharias: All of my...

All of my life I've always had the urge to do things better than anybody else.

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Maggie Kuhn: Men and women...

Maggie Kuhn: Men and women...

Men and women approaching retirement age should be recycled for public service work, and their companies should foot...

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Barbara McClintock: I know [my...

Barbara McClintock: I know [my...

I know [my corn plants] intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.

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Ruth Benedict: We grow in...

Ruth Benedict: We grow in...

We grow in time to trust the future for our answers.

Source: An Anthropologist at...

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Anne Wilson Schaef: I realize that...

Anne Wilson Schaef: I realize that...

I realize that humor isn't for everyone. It's only for people who want to have fun, enjoy life, and feel...

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Carter Heyward: It's obvious throughout...

Carter Heyward: It's obvious throughout...

It's obvious throughout secular and church history that significant legislation follows only after dramatic...

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Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: We write our...

Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: We write our...

We write our own destiny; we become what we do.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Anne Sullivan: My heart is...

Anne Sullivan: My heart is...

My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little...

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Emma Hart Willard: While their sisters...

Emma Hart Willard: While their sisters...

While their sisters are gliding through the mazes of the midnight dance, [sons] employ the lamp, to treasure up for...

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