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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Duration is not...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Duration is not...

Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood.

Source: Gift From the Sea,...

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Alice Roosevelt Longworth: I have a...

Alice Roosevelt Longworth: I have a...

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it...

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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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Marie de Sevigne: It is sometimes...

Marie de Sevigne: It is sometimes...

It is sometimes best to slip over thoughts and not go to the bottom of them.
(Il faut glisser sur les pense?s et ne...

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Sojourner Truth: Those are the...

Sojourner Truth: Those are the...

Those are the same stars, and that is the same moon, that look down upon your brothers and sisters, and which they see...

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Dorothy Height: We've got to...

Dorothy Height: We've got to...

We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we do not, no one else is...

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Starhawk: Creations, whether they...

Starhawk: Creations, whether they...

Creations, whether they are children, poems, or organizations, take on a life of their...

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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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Gloria Steinem: Power can be...

Gloria Steinem: Power can be...

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.

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Josephine St Pierre Ruffin: [W]e need to...

Josephine St Pierre Ruffin: [W]e need to...

[W]e need to talk over not only those things which are of vital importance to us as women, but also the things that...

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Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: The same energy...

Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: The same energy...

The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful in society, had 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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Anne Frank: If I talk,...

Anne Frank: If I talk,...

If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent they think I'm ridiculous; rude if I answer, sly if I get...

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Rebecca West: I wonder if...

Rebecca West: I wonder if...

I wonder if we are all wrong about each other, if we are just composing unwritten novels about the people we...

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Anita Brookner: A complete woman...

Anita Brookner: A complete woman...

A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way,...

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Alice Roosevelt Longworth: My father always...

Alice Roosevelt Longworth: My father always...

My father always wanted to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every wedding and the baby at every...

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Helena Petrova Blavatsky: Be humble, if...

Helena Petrova Blavatsky: Be humble, if...

Be humble, if thou would'st attain to Wisdom. Be humbler still, when Wisdom thou hast...

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Jane Smiley: My characters never...

Jane Smiley: My characters never...

My characters never die screaming in rage. They attempt to pull themselves back together and go on. And that's...

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Florence King: I'm for prayer...

Florence King: I'm for prayer...

I'm for prayer in the schools because ritual and ceremony are calming and civilizing, and the little fartlings should...

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Peace Pilgrim: For light I...

Peace Pilgrim: For light I...

For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of the reflections.

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