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Jane Harrison: To be meek,...

Jane Harrison: To be meek,...

To be meek, patient, tactful, modest, honorable, brave, is not to be either manly or womanly; it is to be...

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Liz Smith: No matter who...

Liz Smith: No matter who...

No matter who you are or what you plan to do in life, learn to type!

Source: In...

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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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Marie de Sevigne: . . ....

Marie de Sevigne: . . ....

. . . this life is a perpetual chequer-work of good and evil, pleasure and pain. When in possession of what we desire,...

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Julia Ward Howe: The strokes of...

Julia Ward Howe: The strokes of...

The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness.

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Marian Wright Edelman: No one, Eleanor...

Marian Wright Edelman: No one, Eleanor...

No one, Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give...

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Marian Wright Edelman: No person has...

Marian Wright Edelman: No person has...

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Carolyn Heilbrun: . . ....

Carolyn Heilbrun: . . ....

. . . a relationship has a momentum, it must change and develop, and will tend to move toward the point of greatest...

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Dorothy Day: In fact, to...

Dorothy Day: In fact, to...

In fact, to this very day, common sense in religion is rare, and we are too often trying to be heroic instead of just...

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Martha Gellhorn: I see mysteries...

Martha Gellhorn: I see mysteries...

I see mysteries and complications wherever I look, and I have never met a steadily logical...

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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: 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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Ann Landers: Rose-colored glasses are...

Ann Landers: Rose-colored glasses are...

Rose-colored glasses are never made in bifocals. Nobody wants to read the small print in...

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Joan Rivers: Yeah, I read...

Joan Rivers: Yeah, I read...

Yeah, I read history. But it doesn't make you nice. Hitler read history, too.

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Phyllis Diller: A smile is...

Phyllis Diller: A smile is...

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Amie Comeaux: One step from...

Amie Comeaux: One step from...

One step from a heartache
Two steps from the blues
So close to a teardrop
I know what you were gonna...

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Sally Field: I never really...

Sally Field: I never really...

I never really address myself to any image anybody has of me. That's like fighting with...

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Jeanne Moreau: Age does not...

Jeanne Moreau: Age does not...

Age does not protect you from love, but love, to some extent, protects you from age.

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Geena Davis: I've always looked...

Geena Davis: I've always looked...

I've always looked up to him, even though he is shorter.

Source: Describing Dustin...

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Meryl Streep: Don't let your...

Meryl Streep: Don't let your...

Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth -- don't let...

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