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Corita Kent: Life is a...

Corita Kent: Life is a...

Life is a succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed.

Source: In...

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Barbara Hepworth: [My works are]...

Barbara Hepworth: [My works are]...

[My works are] an imitation of my own past and present and of my own creative vitality as I experience them in one...

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Louise Nevelson: What we start...

Louise Nevelson: What we start...

What we start with is a conviction to fulfill our being. Horses, trees fulfill themselves. Why shouldn't...

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Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Too many people...

Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Too many people...

Too many people let others stand in their way and don't go back for one more try.

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Helena Rubinstein: Men are just...

Helena Rubinstein: Men are just...

Men are just as vain as women, and sometimes even more so.

Source: In The Last Word...

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Est?e Lauder: Touch a face....

Est?e Lauder: Touch a face....

Touch a face. Touch a hand. Say, This is for you, this is what I want you, to wear.

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Audiences are always...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Audiences are always...

Audiences are always better pleased with a smart retort, some joke or epigram, than with any amount of...

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Polly Adler: My home is...

Polly Adler: My home is...

My home is in whatever town I'm booked.

Source: A House Is Not a Home, 1953.
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Polly Adler: It's not the...

Polly Adler: It's not the...

It's not the college degree that makes a writer. The great thing is to have a story to...

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Marilyn Horne: Whenever you think...

Marilyn Horne: Whenever you think...

Whenever you think that you are getting too big for the people around you, remember all that separates you from the...

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Zora Neale Hurston: There are years...

Zora Neale Hurston: There are years...

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Louise A Bogan: Because language is...

Louise A Bogan: Because language is...

Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should be very little else than such a...

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Louise A Bogan: Life and death...

Louise A Bogan: Life and death...

Life and death occur, as they must, but they are all bound up with love and hatred, in the individual bosom, and it is...

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Charlotte Bronte: I am always...

Charlotte Bronte: I am always...

I am always easy of belief when the creed pleases me.

Source: Shirley, 1849.
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Lorraine Hansberry: Take away the...

Lorraine Hansberry: Take away the...

Take away the violence and who will hear the men of peace?

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Barbara Bush: I'm not saying...

Barbara Bush: I'm not saying...

I'm not saying to be happy you must be married. Nor am I saying that to be happy you need children. I'm saying that...

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Barbara Jordan: There is no...

Barbara Jordan: There is no...

There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and...

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Margaret Chase Smith: My basic rule...

Margaret Chase Smith: My basic rule...

My basic rule is to speak slowly and simply so that my audience has an opportunity to follow and think about what I am...

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Ella T Grasso: I keep my...

Ella T Grasso: I keep my...

I keep my campaign promises, but I never promised to wear stockings.

Source: In...

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Shirley Chisholm: When morality comes...

Shirley Chisholm: When morality comes...

When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom profit that loses.

Source: In...

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