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Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Cheap labor is...

Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Cheap labor is...

Cheap labor is not going to be the way we compete in the United States. It's going to be brain...

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Mary Kay Ash: Criticize the act,...

Mary Kay Ash: Criticize the act,...

Criticize the act, not the person.

Source:
-- Mary Kay Ash, (May 12 1915-2001),...

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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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Oprah Winfrey: Surround yourself with...

Oprah Winfrey: Surround yourself with...

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.

Source: Speech...

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: When Harvard men...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: When Harvard men...

When Harvard men say they've graduated from Radcliffe, then we've made it.

Source:...

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Martha Washington: I very linearly...

Martha Washington: I very linearly...

I very linearly [sic] wish you would exert yourself so as to keep all your matters in order your self without...

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Louise Brooks: I never gave...

Louise Brooks: I never gave...

I never gave away anything without wishing I had kept it; nor kept it without wishing I had given it...

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Katharine Hepburn: Everyone thought I...

Katharine Hepburn: Everyone thought I...

Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always...

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Mary Tyler Moore: Take chances, make...

Mary Tyler Moore: Take chances, make...

Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to...

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Gracie Allen: The President of...

Gracie Allen: The President of...

The President of today is just the postage stamp of tomorrow.

Source:...

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Gwendolyn Bennett: Oh, stir the...

Gwendolyn Bennett: Oh, stir the...

Oh, stir the lucid waters of thy sleep
And coin for me a tale
Of happy loves and gems and joyous limbs
And...

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Joanna Baillie: He was not...

Joanna Baillie: He was not...

He was not all a father's heart could wish;
But oh, he was my son! my only son.


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Elizabeth Coatsworth: The sunset caught...

Elizabeth Coatsworth: The sunset caught...

The sunset caught me, turned the brush to copper,
set the clouds
to one great roof of flame
above the...

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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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Rachel Donaldson Jackson: Believe me, this...

Rachel Donaldson Jackson: Believe me, this...

Believe me, this country [Florida] has been greatly overrated. One acre of our fine Tennessee land is worth a thousand...

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Katharine Hepburn: Life's what's important....

Katharine Hepburn: Life's what's important....

Life's what's important. Walking, houses, family. Birth and pain and joy. Acting's just waiting for a custard pie....

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Tallulah Bankhead: I read Shakespeare...

Tallulah Bankhead: I read Shakespeare...

I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal...

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Ava Gardner: I couldn't imagine...

Ava Gardner: I couldn't imagine...

I couldn't imagine a better place [Australia] for making a film on the end of the world.

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Patricia Neal: [Hollywood] always sounds...

Patricia Neal: [Hollywood] always sounds...

[Hollywood] always sounds glamorous when you're young.

Source: In TIme, 20 Mar...

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Greta Garbo: I'm afraid of...

Greta Garbo: I'm afraid of...

I'm afraid of nothing except being bored.

Source: Garbo to Robert Taylor in...

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