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Elizabeth Montagu: Will an intelligent...

Elizabeth Montagu: Will an intelligent...

Will an intelligent spectator not admire the prodigeous structures of Stone-Henge because he does not know by what law...

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Hannah Arendt: The earth is...

Hannah Arendt: The earth is...

The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition.

Source: The Human...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Wit lies in...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Wit lies in...

Wit lies in recognising the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are...

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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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Djuna Barnes: After all, it...

Djuna Barnes: After all, it...

After all, it is not where one washes one's neck that counts but where one moistens one's...

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Margaret Thatcher: Look at a...

Margaret Thatcher: Look at a...

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing. It's...

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Shirley Chisholm: At present, our...

Shirley Chisholm: At present, our...

At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere...

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Nancy Astor: The first time...

Nancy Astor: The first time...

The first time Adam had a chance, he laid the blame on women.

Source: Lady...

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Jane Harrison: Marriage, for a...

Jane Harrison: Marriage, for a...

Marriage, for a woman at least, hampers the two things that made life to me glorious -- friendship and...

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Nannie Burroughs: We specialize in...

Nannie Burroughs: We specialize in...

We specialize in the wholly impossible.

Source: Motto of the National Training...

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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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Anne Frank: One must apply...

Anne Frank: One must apply...

One must apply one's reason to everything here, learning to obey, to shut up, to help, to be good, to give in, and I...

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Jane Howard: Anthropology [was] the...

Jane Howard: Anthropology [was] the...

Anthropology [was] the science that gave her the platform from which she surveyed, scolded and beamed at the...

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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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Kate Chopin: I wonder if...

Kate Chopin: I wonder if...

I wonder if anyone else has an ear so tuned and sharpened as I have, to detect the music, not of the spheres, but of...

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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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Helen Keller: There is plenty...

Helen Keller: There is plenty...

There is plenty of courage among us for the abstract but not for the concrete.

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Dorothy Parker: This living, this...

Dorothy Parker: This living, this...

This living, this living, this living
Was never a project of mine.


Source:...

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Sarah Ban Breathnach: Grace is available...

Sarah Ban Breathnach: Grace is available...

Grace is available for each of us every day -- our spiritual daily bread -- but we've got to remember to ask for it...

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Julia Child: It's so beautifully...

Julia Child: It's so beautifully...

It's so beautifully arranged on the plate -- you know someone's fingers have been all over...

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