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Stevie Smith: Nobody heard him,...

Stevie Smith: Nobody heard him,...

Nobody heard him, the dead man,
But still he lay moaning:
I was much further out than you thought
And not...

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Eliza Cook: Though language forms...

Eliza Cook: Though language forms...

Though language forms the preacher,
'Tis good works make the man.


Source: Good...

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Sarah Bernhardt: For the theatre...

Sarah Bernhardt: For the theatre...

For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can...

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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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Helen Keller: No pessimist ever...

Helen Keller: No pessimist ever...

No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or open a new heaven to the...

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Julia Child: Find something you're...

Julia Child: Find something you're...

Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.

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Maggie Kuhn: Power should not...

Maggie Kuhn: Power should not...

Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so...

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Julia Ward Howe: The strokes of...

Julia Ward Howe: The strokes of...

The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness.

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton: The best protection...

Elizabeth Cady Stanton: The best protection...

The best protection any woman can have . . . is courage.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Jane Addams: The new growth...

Jane Addams: The new growth...

The new growth in the plant swelling against the sheath, which at the same time imprisons and protects it, must still...

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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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Marie Curie: I was taught...

Marie Curie: I was taught...

I was taught that the way of progress is neither swift nor easy.

Source: In Words...

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Anna Jameson: A man may...

Anna Jameson: A man may...

A man may be as much a fool from the want of sensibility as the want of sense.

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Michelle Obama: One of the...

Michelle Obama: One of the...

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says...

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Margaret Thatcher: Look at a...

Margaret Thatcher: Look at a...

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing. It's...

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Barbara Mikulski: The two-martinis-for-lunch bunch...

Barbara Mikulski: The two-martinis-for-lunch bunch...

The two-martinis-for-lunch bunch would love for us to fight each other over the resources they have made...

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Martha Wright Griffiths: The biggest problem...

Martha Wright Griffiths: The biggest problem...

The biggest problem in politics is that you help some S.O.B. get what he wants and then he throws you out of the...

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Queen Victoria: An ugly baby...

Queen Victoria: An ugly baby...

An ugly baby is a very nasty object, and the prettiest is frightful when undressed.

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Christina of Sweden: It is necessary...

Christina of Sweden: It is necessary...

It is necessary to try to surpass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as...

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Elizabeth II: Let us not...

Elizabeth II: Let us not...

Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.

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