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Kate Chopin: He greatly valued...

Kate Chopin: He greatly valued...

He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from contemplating a...

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Anouk Aimee: It's so much...

Anouk Aimee: It's so much...

It's so much better to desire than to have. . . . The moment of desire, when you know something is going to happen --...

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Charlotte Bronte: If you are...

Charlotte Bronte: If you are...

If you are cast in a different mould to the majority, it is no merit of yours: Nature did...

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Sarah Louise Delany: Life is short,...

Sarah Louise Delany: Life is short,...

Life is short, and it's up to you to make it sweet.

Source: In Words to Make My...

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Martha Carey Thomas: The man's world...

Martha Carey Thomas: The man's world...

The man's world must become a man's and a woman's world. Why are we afraid?

Source:...

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Barbara Tuchman: What his imagination...

Barbara Tuchman: What his imagination...

What his imagination is to the poet, facts are to the historian. His exercise of judgment comes in their selection,...

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Corrie Ten Boom: Any concern too...

Corrie Ten Boom: Any concern too...

Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.

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Margaret Thatcher: It's passionately interesting...

Margaret Thatcher: It's passionately interesting...

It's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just...

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Deborah Tannen: It's our tendency...

Deborah Tannen: It's our tendency...

It's our tendency to approach every problem as if it were a fight between two sides. We see it in headlines that are...

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Victoria Claffin Woodhull: The will of...

Victoria Claffin Woodhull: The will of...

The will of the entire people is the true basis of republican government, and a free expression . . . by the public...

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Amy Strum Alcott: The pressure of...

Amy Strum Alcott: The pressure of...

The pressure of getting an order right is greater than sinking a putt.

Source:...

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Martina Navratilova: I came to...

Martina Navratilova: I came to...

I came to live in a country I love; some people label me a defector. I have loved men and women in my life; I've been...

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Wilma Rudolph: When the sun...

Wilma Rudolph: When the sun...

When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to...

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Maria Mitchell: People have to...

Maria Mitchell: People have to...

People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can...

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Rachel Carson: The discipline of...

Rachel Carson: The discipline of...

The discipline of the writer is to learn to be still and listen to what his subject has to tell...

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Mary Harris Mother Jones: Sit down and...

Mary Harris Mother Jones: Sit down and...

Sit down and read. Educate yourself for the coming conflicts.

Source: In Ms., Nov...

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Andrea Dworkin: The argument between...

Andrea Dworkin: The argument between...

The argument between wives and whores is an old one; each one thinking that whatever she is, at least she is not the...

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Rebecca West: The main difference...

Rebecca West: The main difference...

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

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Bonnie Blair: I don't remember...

Bonnie Blair: I don't remember...

I don't remember the first time I skated on ice, I was too young. I do remember falling in love with that...

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Mary Caroline Richards: All arts we...

Mary Caroline Richards: All arts we...

All arts we practice are apprenticeship. The big art is our life.

Source: In The...

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