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Mary Frances Berry: The time when...

Mary Frances Berry: The time when...

The time when you need to do something is when no one else is willing to do it, when people are saying it can't be...

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Eva Peron: If I fall,...

Eva Peron: If I fall,...

If I fall, look out for the crash. There won't be anyone left standing.

Source:...

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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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Elizabeth Kenny: It is better...

Elizabeth Kenny: It is better...

It is better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

Source: Sister...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: The timing of...

Mary Catherine Bateson: The timing of...

The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded...

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Diane Ravitch: When you succeed...

Diane Ravitch: When you succeed...

When you succeed at keeping almost everyone in school, you must figure out ways to educate everyone you keep in...

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Harper Lee: Folks don't like...

Harper Lee: Folks don't like...

Folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do. It aggravates 'em. You're not gonna change any of...

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Jane Austen: Why not seize...

Jane Austen: Why not seize...

Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish...

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Joan Crawford: I believe in...

Joan Crawford: I believe in...

I believe in the dollar. Everything I earn, I spend!

Source: In The Executive's...

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Mary Antin: It is only...

Mary Antin: It is only...

It is only that my illusion is more real to me than reality. And so do we often build our world on an error, and cry...

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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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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: I always wanted...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: I always wanted...

I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college . . . I did other...

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Pat Nixon: I'll have to...

Pat Nixon: I'll have to...

I'll have to have a room of my own. Nobody could sleep with Dick. He wakes up during the night, switches on the...

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Pat Nixon: Being First Lady...

Pat Nixon: Being First Lady...

Being First Lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world.

Source: Inteview in...

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Rachel Donaldson Jackson: I would rather...

Rachel Donaldson Jackson: I would rather...

I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God than live in that palace at Washington.

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: There are two...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: There are two...

There are two kinds of women: those who want power in the world, and those who want power in...

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Sarah Josepha Hale: There is something...

Sarah Josepha Hale: There is something...

There is something in the decay of nature that awakens thought, even in the most trifling...

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Wendy Wasserstein: Because of Mozart,...

Wendy Wasserstein: Because of Mozart,...

Because of Mozart, it's all over after the age of seven.

Source: Comment.
--...

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Lorraine Hansberry: One cannot live...

Lorraine Hansberry: One cannot live...

One cannot live with sighted eyes and feeling heart and not know and read of the miseries which affect the...

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Aphra Behn: Money speaks sense...

Aphra Behn: Money speaks sense...

Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.

Source: The Rover,...

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