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Joan Rivers: Thank God we're...

Joan Rivers: Thank God we're...

Thank God we're living in a country where the sky's the limit, the stores are open late and you can shop in bed thanks...

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Lucille Ball: Luck? I don't...

Lucille Ball: Luck? I don't...

Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is...

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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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Sheilah Graham: You can have...

Sheilah Graham: You can have...

You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an inner exuberance that...

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Mary Pettibone Poole: To repeat what...

Mary Pettibone Poole: To repeat what...

To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains.

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Laura Ingalls Wilder: If enough people...

Laura Ingalls Wilder: If enough people...

If enough people think of a thing and work hard enough at it, I guess it's pretty nearly bound to happen, wind and...

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Robin Morgan: It isn't until...

Robin Morgan: It isn't until...

It isn't until you begin to fight in your own cause that you (a) become really committed to winning, and (b) become a...

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Eliza Wood Burhans Farnham: Each of the...

Eliza Wood Burhans Farnham: Each of the...

Each of the Arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a Muse,...

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Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: The beginning is...

Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: The beginning is...

The beginning is always today.

Source: From Journey in Word, ed. Cyndi Craven; an...

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Babe Didrikson Zaharias: Before I was...

Babe Didrikson Zaharias: Before I was...

Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be the greatest...

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Peace Pilgrim: People see themselves...

Peace Pilgrim: People see themselves...

People see themselves as the center of the universe and judge everything as it relates to...

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Mary Daly: It is the...

Mary Daly: It is the...

It is the creative potential itself in human beings that is the image of God.

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Antoinette Brown Blackwell: Nature is just...

Antoinette Brown Blackwell: Nature is just...

Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions.

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Virginia Woolf: It is in...

Virginia Woolf: It is in...

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top.

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Gloria Steinem: The first problem...

Gloria Steinem: The first problem...

The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.

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Florence Nightingale: I attribute my...

Florence Nightingale: I attribute my...

I attribute my success to this -- I never gave or took any excuse.

Source: In The...

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Peace Pilgrim: My appointed work...

Peace Pilgrim: My appointed work...

My appointed work is to awaken the divine nature that is within.

Source: In The...

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Andrea Dworkin: All personal, psychological,...

Andrea Dworkin: All personal, psychological,...

All personal, psychological, social, and institutionalized domination on this earth can be traced back to its source:...

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Dorothy Parker: There was nothing...

Dorothy Parker: There was nothing...

There was nothing separate about her days,
Like drops upon a window-pane, they ran
together and trickled away. ....

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Helena Petrova Blavatsky: To act wisely...

Helena Petrova Blavatsky: To act wisely...

To act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in accord with the...

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