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Imelda Marcos: I did not...

Imelda Marcos: I did not...

I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.

Source:...

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Rosalynn Carter: I had already...

Rosalynn Carter: I had already...

I had already learned from more than a decade of political life that I was going to be criticized no matter what I...

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: The one thing...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: The one thing...

The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.

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Louise Erdrich: In our own...

Louise Erdrich: In our own...

In our own beginnings, we are formed out of the body's interior landscape, For a short while, our mothers' bodies are...

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Dodie Smith: My imagination longs...

Dodie Smith: My imagination longs...

My imagination longs to dash ahead and plan developments; but I have noticed that when things happen in one's...

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Louise A Bogan: Life and death...

Louise A Bogan: Life and death...

Life and death occur, as they must, but they are all bound up with love and hatred, in the individual bosom, and it is...

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Emily Dickinson: Nature is what...

Emily Dickinson: Nature is what...

Nature is what we know -
Yet have not art to say -
So impotent our wisdom is
To her...

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Eliza Cook: I love it,...

Eliza Cook: I love it,...

I love it, I love it; and who shall dare
To chide me for loving that old arm-chair?


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Barbara Jordan: I live a...

Barbara Jordan: I live a...

I live a day at a time. Each day I look for a kernel of excitement. In the morning, I say: 'What is my exciting thing...

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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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Barbara Mikulski: America is not...

Barbara Mikulski: America is not...

America is not a melting pot. It is a sizzling cauldron.

Source: Speech, First...

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Ann Richards: I believe in...

Ann Richards: I believe in...

I believe in recovery, and I believe that as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you...

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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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Queen Mother Elizabeth: It has always...

Queen Mother Elizabeth: It has always...

It has always frightened me that people should love her so much.

Source: Of her...

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Queen Mother Elizabeth: Cowards falter, but...

Queen Mother Elizabeth: Cowards falter, but...

Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.

Source: In...

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Nancy Astor: The penalty of...

Nancy Astor: The penalty of...

The penalty of success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you.

Source:...

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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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Nancy Astor: Women have got...

Nancy Astor: Women have got...

Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for...

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Elizabeth Blackwell: If society will...

Elizabeth Blackwell: If society will...

If society will not admit of woman's free development, then society must be remodeled.

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Jessamyn West: In their sympathies,...

Jessamyn West: In their sympathies,...

In their sympathies, children feel nearer animals than adults.

Source: The Life I...

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