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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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Joan L Curcio: Advances are made...

Joan L Curcio: Advances are made...

Advances are made by those with at least a touch of irrational confidence in what they can...

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bell hooks: It is crucial...

bell hooks: It is crucial...

It is crucial for the future of the Black liberation struggle that we remain ever mindful that ours is a shared...

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Maya Angelou: If one is...

Maya Angelou: If one is...

If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.

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Diane Trilling: There's much to...

Diane Trilling: There's much to...

There's much to be said for challenging fate instead of ducking behind it.

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Peace Pilgrim: For light I...

Peace Pilgrim: For light I...

For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of the reflections.

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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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Florence Nightingale: Were there none...

Florence Nightingale: Were there none...

Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything...

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Peggy Noonan: Great speeches have...

Peggy Noonan: Great speeches have...

Great speeches have always had great soundbites. The problem now is that the young technicians who put together...

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Anne Frank: I regard our...

Anne Frank: I regard our...

I regard our hiding as a dangerous adventure, romantic and interesting at the same time. In my diary I treat all the...

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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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Anna Kournikova: I'm like an...

Anna Kournikova: I'm like an...

I'm like an expensive menu. . . you can look but you can't afford!

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Dorothy Parker: Authors and actors...

Dorothy Parker: Authors and actors...

Authors and actors and artists and such
Never know nothing, and never know much.


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Helena Petrova Blavatsky: The Path that...

Helena Petrova Blavatsky: The Path that...

The Path that leadeth on is lighted by one fire -- the light of daring burning in the heart. The more one dares, the...

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Simone Signoret: Nostalgia isn't what...

Simone Signoret: Nostalgia isn't what...

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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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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Sylvia Porter: One of the...

Sylvia Porter: One of the...

One of the soundest rules to remember when making forecasts in the field of economics is that whatever is to happen is...

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Louise Erdrich: In our own...

Louise Erdrich: In our own...

In our own beginnings, we are formed out of the body's interior landscape, For a short while, our mothers' bodies are...

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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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Nathalie Sarraute: Television has lifted...

Nathalie Sarraute: Television has lifted...

Television has lifted the manufacture of banality out of the sphere of handicraft and placed it in that of a major...

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