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Anne Sullivan: People seldom see...

Anne Sullivan: People seldom see...

People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success 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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Joan L Curcio: Advances are made...

Joan L Curcio: Advances are made...

Advances are made by those with at least a touch of irrational confidence in what they can...

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Diana Ross: You can't just...

Diana Ross: You can't just...

You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it...

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Oprah Winfrey: Surround yourself with...

Oprah Winfrey: Surround yourself with...

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.

Source: Speech...

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Catherine the Great: I praise loudly,...

Catherine the Great: I praise loudly,...

I praise loudly, I blame softly

Source: Letter, 23 Aug 1794.
-- Catherine the...

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Gypsy Rose Lee: God is love,...

Gypsy Rose Lee: God is love,...

God is love, but get it in writing.

Source: Attributed.
-- Gypsy Rose Lee, (Feb...

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May Sarton: In a total...

May Sarton: In a total...

In a total work, the failures have their not unimportant place.

Source: Mrs....

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Nikki Giovanni: It is not...

Nikki Giovanni: It is not...

It is not who you attend school with but who controls the school you attend.

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Nikki Giovanni: If you don't...

Nikki Giovanni: If you don't...

If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else.

Source: A...

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Marsha Norman: Success is always...

Marsha Norman: Success is always...

Success is always something that you have to recover from.

Source: Interviews with...

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Zora Neale Hurston: Research is formalized...

Zora Neale Hurston: Research is formalized...

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.

Source:...

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Nathalie Sarraute: Television has lifted...

Nathalie Sarraute: Television has lifted...

Television has lifted the manufacture of banality out of the sphere of handicraft and placed it in that of a major...

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Gwendolyn Brooks: Art is refining...

Gwendolyn Brooks: Art is refining...

Art is refining and evocative translation of the materials of the world.

Source: In...

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Diane Wakoski: Learning to live...

Diane Wakoski: Learning to live...

Learning to live with what you're born with
is the process,
the involvement,
the making of a...

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Ethel Barrymore: I never let...

Ethel Barrymore: I never let...

I never let them cough. They wouldn't dare.

Source: On control of audiences during...

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Mary Tyler Moore: I'm not an...

Mary Tyler Moore: I'm not an...

I'm not an actress who can create a character. I play me.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Mae West: I believe in...

Mae West: I believe in...

I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold,...

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Ava Gardner: I couldn't imagine...

Ava Gardner: I couldn't imagine...

I couldn't imagine a better place [Australia] for making a film on the end of the world.

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Sally Field: I really have...

Sally Field: I really have...

I really have no ulterior motive in taking on certain roles. I have no larger issue that I really want to show people....

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