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Maya Angelou: The horizon leans...

Maya Angelou: The horizon leans...

The horizon leans forward,
Offering you space to place new steps of change.


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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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Angelina Grimke: We are commanded...

Angelina Grimke: We are commanded...

We are commanded to love God with all our minds, as well as with all our hearts, and we commit a great sin if we...

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Coretta Scott King: If American women...

Coretta Scott King: If American women...

If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget...

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Germaine Greer: Human beings have...

Germaine Greer: Human beings have...

Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves; when that right is pre-empted it is called...

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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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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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Oprah Winfrey: Follow your instincts....

Oprah Winfrey: Follow your instincts....

Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

Source: In The...

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Rachel Donaldson Jackson: Believe me, this...

Rachel Donaldson Jackson: Believe me, this...

Believe me, this country [Florida] has been greatly overrated. One acre of our fine Tennessee land is worth a thousand...

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Maria Schell: I have come...

Maria Schell: I have come...

I have come finally to a simple philosophy of work. I enjoy what I do and do the best I can. That is...

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Simone Signoret: I suspect there...

Simone Signoret: I suspect there...

I suspect there isn't an actor alive who was able to truthfully answer his family's questions after his first day's...

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Elsa Schiaparelli: Fashion is born...

Elsa Schiaparelli: Fashion is born...

Fashion is born by small facts, trends, or even politics, never by trying to make little pleats and furbelows, by...

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Barbara Hepworth: . . ....

Barbara Hepworth: . . ....

. . . I rarely draw what I see. I draw what I feel in my body.

Source: The Sculptor...

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Katharine Graham: If we had...

Katharine Graham: If we had...

If we had failed to pursue the facts as far as they led, we would have denied the public any knowledge of an...

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Sarah Caldwell: Success is important...

Sarah Caldwell: Success is important...

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to...

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Beverly Sills: Art is the...

Beverly Sills: Art is the...

Art is the signature of civilization.

Source: Interview - 1985.
-- Beverly...

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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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Zora Neale Hurston: People can be...

Zora Neale Hurston: People can be...

People can be slave-ships in shoes.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Sarah Josepha Hale: . . ....

Sarah Josepha Hale: . . ....

. . . rights are liable to be perverted to wrongs when we are incapable of rightly exercising...

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