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Mary Kay Ash: Criticize the act,...

Mary Kay Ash: Criticize the act,...

Criticize the act, not the person.

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

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Anita Roddick: If you think...

Anita Roddick: If you think...

If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito.

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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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Susan RoAne: Respect for people...

Susan RoAne: Respect for people...

Respect for people is the cornerstone of communication and networking in the nineties.

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Martha Graham: The past is...

Martha Graham: The past is...

The past is not dead; it is not even past. People live on inner time; the moment in which a decisive thought or...

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Kathleen Turner: I'm not bad,...

Kathleen Turner: I'm not bad,...

I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way.

Source: Turner as the voice of Jessica Rabbit...

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Tallulah Bankhead: It's one of...

Tallulah Bankhead: It's one of...

It's one of the tragic ironies of the theater that only one man in it can count on steady work -- the night...

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Carol Burnett: I have always...

Carol Burnett: I have always...

I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work out, that's when I've really...

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Elizabeth I: Anger makes dull...

Elizabeth I: Anger makes dull...

Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.

Source: In Apophthegms, by...

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Anne Tyler: I'ts true that...

Anne Tyler: I'ts true that...

I'ts true that it [writing] is a solitary occupation, but you would be surprised at how much companionship a group of...

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St Teresa of Avila: How is it,...

St Teresa of Avila: How is it,...

How is it, Lord, that we are cowards in everything save in opposing Thee?

Source:...

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Harper Lee: Folks don't like...

Harper Lee: Folks don't like...

Folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do. It aggravates 'em. You're not gonna change any of...

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Jane Austen: How can you...

Jane Austen: How can you...

How can you contrive to write so even?

Source: (Miss Bingley) Pride and Prejudice,...

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Ruth Westheimer: Don't criticize in...

Ruth Westheimer: Don't criticize in...

Don't criticize in the sack. Discuss constructively later.

Source: In Words of...

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Johnnetta Betsch Cole: If folks can...

Johnnetta Betsch Cole: If folks can...

If folks can learn to be racist, then they can learn to be anti racist. If being sexist ain't genetic, then, dad gum,...

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Susan Warner: Well, we're all...

Susan Warner: Well, we're all...

Well, we're all somebody, of course, in one sense. Of course we're not nobody.''
I am not so sure what you think...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: It was formerly...

Mary Wortley Montagu: It was formerly...

It was formerly a terrifying view to me that I should one day be an old woman. I now find that Nature has provided...

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Grace Murray Hopper: Leadership is a...

Grace Murray Hopper: Leadership is a...

Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's...

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Hannah Arendt: Only the mob...

Hannah Arendt: Only the mob...

Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by...

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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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