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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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Anne Wilson Schaef: It is not...

Anne Wilson Schaef: It is not...

It is not what I do, it is the way I do it, that will get me in the end.

Source:...

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Margot Asquith: He [Lloyd George]...

Margot Asquith: He [Lloyd George]...

He [Lloyd George] could not see a belt without hitting below it.

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Natalie Clifford Barney: Renouncement: the heroism...

Natalie Clifford Barney: Renouncement: the heroism...

Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.

Source: Quoted in: Gods, in Adam, no. 299...

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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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George Eliot: The intense happiness...

George Eliot: The intense happiness...

The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and...

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Paule Marshall: Sometimes a person...

Paule Marshall: Sometimes a person...

Sometimes a person has to go back, really back -- to have a sense, an understanding of all that's gone to make them --...

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Nothing contributes so...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Nothing contributes so...

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its...

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Diane Trilling: Writers are what...

Diane Trilling: Writers are what...

Writers are what they write, also what they fail to write.

Source: In Diana...

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Eliza Wood Burhans Farnham: Our own theological...

Eliza Wood Burhans Farnham: Our own theological...

Our own theological Church, as we know, has scorned and vilified the body till it has seemed almost a reproach and a...

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Jane Addams: In his own...

Jane Addams: In his own...

In his own way each man must struggle, lest the moral law become a far-off abstraction utterly separated from his...

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Sally Kempton: All children are...

Sally Kempton: All children are...

All children are potential victims, dependent upon the world's good will.

Source:...

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Anne Frank: Think of all...

Anne Frank: Think of all...

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

Source: Diary of a...

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Martha Gellhorn: People may correctly...

Martha Gellhorn: People may correctly...

People may correctly remember the events of twenty years ago (a remarkable feat), but who remembers his fears, his...

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Fannie Lou Hamer: But you see...

Fannie Lou Hamer: But you see...

But you see now baby, whether you have a ph.d., d.d. or no d, we're in this bag together. And whether you are from...

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Kate Millett: The care of...

Kate Millett: The care of...

The care of children. . . is infinitely better left to the best-trained practitioners of both sexes who have chosen it...

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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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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: If one talks...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: If one talks...

If one talks to more than four people it is an audience, and one cannot really think or exchange thoughts with an...

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Miriam Beard: Leisure for reverie,...

Miriam Beard: Leisure for reverie,...

Leisure for reverie, gay or somber, does much to enrich life.

Source: Realism in...

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Alice Roosevelt Longworth: My father always...

Alice Roosevelt Longworth: My father always...

My father always wanted to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every wedding and the baby at every...

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