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Maria Schell: I like Americans....

Maria Schell: I like Americans....

I like Americans. They always make an effort when they meet you. They want to be liked and to like you; it is always...

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Germaine Greer: Human beings have...

Germaine Greer: Human beings have...

Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves; when that right is pre-empted it is called...

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Marian Wright Edelman: Service to others...

Marian Wright Edelman: Service to others...

Service to others is the rent you pay for living on this planet.

Source: In Words...

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Anna Kournikova: I'm like an...

Anna Kournikova: I'm like an...

I'm like an expensive menu. . . you can look but you can't afford!

Source:
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Helen Keller: Although the world...

Helen Keller: Although the world...

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

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Dorothy Parker: Byron and Shelley...

Dorothy Parker: Byron and Shelley...

Byron and Shelley and Keats
Were a trio of lyrical treats.


Source: A Pig's-Eye...

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Elizabeth Janeway: Such simplicity cannot...

Elizabeth Janeway: Such simplicity cannot...

Such simplicity cannot be taught. But it can be denied and lost.

Source: In The...

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Coretta Scott King: I'm fulfilled in...

Coretta Scott King: I'm fulfilled in...

I'm fulfilled in what I do. . . I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes -- the finer things of life --...

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Anne Frank: Laziness may appear...

Anne Frank: Laziness may appear...

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

Source: The Diary of a...

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Anne Frank: Just imagine how...

Anne Frank: Just imagine how...

Just imagine how interesting it would be if I were to publish a romance of the Secret Annexe. The title alone would be...

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Maya Angelou: There is no...

Maya Angelou: There is no...

There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you.

Source: From a...

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Maya Angelou: All of childhood's...

Maya Angelou: All of childhood's...

All of childhood's unanswered questions must finally be passed back to the town and answered there. Heroes and bogey...

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Maya Angelou: I love to...

Maya Angelou: I love to...

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick...

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Mary Pettibone Poole: There are no...

Mary Pettibone Poole: There are no...

There are no old people nowadays; they are either 'wonderful for their age' or dead.

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Tillie Olsen: I could not...

Tillie Olsen: I could not...

I could not live by literature if only to begin with, because of the slow maturing of my work and its special...

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Bella Abzug: The test for...

Bella Abzug: The test for...

The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your...

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George Sand: The trade of...

George Sand: The trade of...

The trade of authorship is a violent, and indestructible obsession.

Source: Letter,...

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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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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.

Source:...

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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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