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Karen Horney: There is no...

Karen Horney: There is no...

There is no good reason why we should not develop and change until the last day we live.

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: A religious life...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: A religious life...

A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Dorothy L Sayers: Books . ....

Dorothy L Sayers: Books . ....

Books . . . are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as...

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Margot Asquith: The capacity to...

Margot Asquith: The capacity to...

The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature.

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Louisa May Alcott: Talent isn't genius...

Louisa May Alcott: Talent isn't genius...

Talent isn't genius and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace...

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Edna Ferber: I think that...

Edna Ferber: I think that...

I think that in order to write really well and convincingly, one must he somewhat poisoned by emotion. Dislike,...

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Judith Krantz: It's that or...

Judith Krantz: It's that or...

It's that or get fat again, she told herself, as she . . . searched the windows for new merchandise. The thrill was in...

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Anne Rice: Very few beings...

Anne Rice: Very few beings...

Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK. On the contrary, they try to...

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Mary Frances Berry: The time when...

Mary Frances Berry: The time when...

The time when you need to do something is when no one else is willing to do it, when people are saying it can't be...

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Barbara Jordan: What the people...

Barbara Jordan: What the people...

What the people want is very simple. They want an America as good as its promise.

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Ella T Grasso: I am having...

Ella T Grasso: I am having...

I am having trouble managing the mansion. What I need is a wife.

Source: In Quotes...

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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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Edith Clara Summerskill: Today, literate people...

Edith Clara Summerskill: Today, literate people...

Today, literate people of the space age, in well-populated countries, are not prepared to accept taboos without...

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Jennie Jerome Churchill: There is no...

Jennie Jerome Churchill: There is no...

There is no such thing as a moral dress -- it's people who are moral or immoral.

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Indira Gandhi: My father was...

Indira Gandhi: My father was...

My father was a statesman, I'm a political woman. My father was a saint. I'm not.

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Eva Peron: If I fall,...

Eva Peron: If I fall,...

If I fall, look out for the crash. There won't be anyone left standing.

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Eva Peron: Charity separates the...

Eva Peron: Charity separates the...

Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the...

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Mary Robinson: The fifth province...

Mary Robinson: The fifth province...

The fifth province is not anywhere here or there, north or south, east or west. It is a place within each of us. It is...

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Martha Wright Griffiths: If you are...

Martha Wright Griffiths: If you are...

If you are trying to run a whorehouse in the sky, then get a license.

Source: In...

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Elizabeth I: I know I...

Elizabeth I: I know I...

I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of...

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