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Sonia Johnson: Language, as symbol,...

Sonia Johnson: Language, as symbol,...

Language, as symbol, determines much of the nature and quality of our experience.

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Dorothy Day: The best thing...

Dorothy Day: The best thing...

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.

Source: In...

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Barbara Deming: We learn best...

Barbara Deming: We learn best...

We learn best to listen to our own voices if we are listening at the same time to other women -- whose stories, for...

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Erma Bombeck: Dreams have only...

Erma Bombeck: Dreams have only...

Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely.

Source: In...

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Erma Bombeck: If you can't...

Erma Bombeck: If you can't...

If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Shirley Conran: First things first,...

Shirley Conran: First things first,...

First things first, second things never.

Source: Superwomen, How to be a Working...

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Peggy Noonan: Part of courage...

Peggy Noonan: Part of courage...

Part of courage is simple consistency.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Gail Sheehy: Phases of the...

Gail Sheehy: Phases of the...

Phases of the creative process: Preparation-gathering impressions Incubation-letting go of certainties...

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Marge Piercy: A new idea...

Marge Piercy: A new idea...

A new idea is rarely born like Venus attended by graces
More commonly it's modeled of baling wire and acne.
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Anya Seton: There are many...

Anya Seton: There are many...

There are many trails up the mountain, but in time they all reach the top.

Source:...

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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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Helena Petrova Blavatsky: The more thou...

Helena Petrova Blavatsky: The more thou...

The more thou dost advance, the more thy feet pitfalls will meet. The Path that leadeth on is lighted by one fire --...

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Martha Beck: Every instance of...

Martha Beck: Every instance of...

Every instance of heartbreak can teach us powerful lessons about creating the kind of love we really...

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Emmeline Pankhurst: We are here,...

Emmeline Pankhurst: We are here,...

We are here, not because we are law-breakers; we are here in our efforts to become...

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Germaine Greer: Energy is the...

Germaine Greer: Energy is the...

Energy is the power that drives every human being. It is not lost by exertion but maintained by it, for it is a...

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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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Jane Addams: In his own...

Jane Addams: In his own...

In his own way each man must struggle, lest the moral law become a far-off abstraction utterly separated from his...

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Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: Taught from infancy...

Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: Taught from infancy...

Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's scepter, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt...

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Erma Bombeck: It is not...

Erma Bombeck: It is not...

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and...

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Rebecca West: If the whole...

Rebecca West: If the whole...

If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on its headstone might well be: 'It seemed like a good idea at...

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