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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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Edith Hamilton: When the mind...

Edith Hamilton: When the mind...

When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses with facts it makes only chaos.

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Jennie Jerome Churchill: Treat your friends...

Jennie Jerome Churchill: Treat your friends...

Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light.

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Margaret Mead: Never doubt that...

Margaret Mead: Never doubt that...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing...

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Kathleen Norris: Over and over...

Kathleen Norris: Over and over...

Over and over again mediocrity is promoted because real worth isn't to be found.

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Carter Heyward: I'm a priest,...

Carter Heyward: I'm a priest,...

I'm a priest, not a priestess. . . 'Priestess' implies mumbo jumbo and all sorts of pagan goings-on- Those who oppose...

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St Teresa of Avila: Patient endurance<br>Attaineth to...

St Teresa of Avila: Patient endurance
Attaineth to...

Patient endurance
Attaineth to all things;
Who God possesseth
In nothing is wanting;
Alone God...

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Erica Jong: Surviving meant being...

Erica Jong: Surviving meant being...

Surviving meant being born over and over.

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-- Erica Jong, (Mar 26...

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Eileen Caddy: Expect your every...

Eileen Caddy: Expect your every...

Expect your every need to be met. Expect the answer to every problem, expect abundance on every level . ....

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Harriet Tubman: Yes, John saw...

Harriet Tubman: Yes, John saw...

Yes, John saw de City. Well, what did he see? He saw twelve gates, didn't he? Three of dose gates was on . . . de...

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Sonia Johnson: It's only when...

Sonia Johnson: It's only when...

It's only when we have nothing else to hold onto that we're willing to try something very audacious and scary . ....

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Sonia Johnson: I liked the...

Sonia Johnson: I liked the...

I liked the name of the amendment. I couldn't help feeling uneasy that the church was opposing something with a name...

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Coretta Scott King: I'm fulfilled in...

Coretta Scott King: I'm fulfilled in...

I'm fulfilled in what I do. . . I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes -- the finer things of life --...

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Gloria Steinem: Writing is the...

Gloria Steinem: Writing is the...

Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something...

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Dorothea Brande: There are seeds...

Dorothea Brande: There are seeds...

There are seeds of self-destruction in all of us that will bear only unhappiness if allowed to...

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Mary Church Terrell: To the lack...

Mary Church Terrell: To the lack...

To the lack of incentive to effort, which is the awful shadow under which we live, may be traced the wreck and ruin of...

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Jane Addams: America's future will...

Jane Addams: America's future will...

America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is taught; hence we...

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Josephine St Pierre Ruffin: . . ....

Josephine St Pierre Ruffin: . . ....

. . . we need to feel the cheer and inspiration of meeting each other, we need to gain the courage and fresh life that...

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Billie Jean King: You've got to...

Billie Jean King: You've got to...

You've got to win in sports -- that's talent -- but you've also got to learn how to remind everybody how you did win,...

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Helena Petrova Blavatsky: The Path that...

Helena Petrova Blavatsky: The Path that...

The Path that leadeth on is lighted by one fire -- the light of daring burning in the heart. The more one dares, the...

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