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Eleanor Roosevelt: As for accomplishments,...

Eleanor Roosevelt: As for accomplishments,...

As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.

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Ella T Grasso: It is not...

Ella T Grasso: It is not...

It is not enough to profess faith in the democratic process; we must do something about...

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Ruth Benedict: It is strange...

Ruth Benedict: It is strange...

It is strange how we rebel against a platitude until suddenly in a different lingo it looms up again as the only...

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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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Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: Delicacy is to...

Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: Delicacy is to...

Delicacy is to love what grace is to beauty.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold, by Abby...

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Mary McLeod Bethune: If our people...

Mary McLeod Bethune: If our people...

If our people are to fight their way out of bondage we must arm them with the sword and the shield and the buckler of...

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Mary McLeod Bethune: From the first,...

Mary McLeod Bethune: From the first,...

From the first, I made my learning, what little it was, useful every way I could.

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Chris Evert Lloyd: You've got to...

Chris Evert Lloyd: You've got to...

You've got to take the initiative and play your game . . . confidence makes the...

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Maria Mitchell: The world of...

Maria Mitchell: The world of...

The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power! We reach forth and strain every nerve,...

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Amelia Earhart: Women must try...

Amelia Earhart: Women must try...

Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail their failure must be but a challenge to...

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Rachel Carson: Beginnings are apt...

Rachel Carson: Beginnings are apt...

Beginnings are apt to be shadowy and so it is the beginnings of the great mother life, the...

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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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Mary Todd Lincoln: [O]thers live on...

Mary Todd Lincoln: [O]thers live on...

[O]thers live on in a careless and lukewarm state -- not appearing to fill Longfellow's measure: Into each life, some...

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Cornelia Otis Skinner: [T]he food choice...

Cornelia Otis Skinner: [T]he food choice...

[T]he food choice of others is becoming more and more heatedly exclusive until it may well turn into one of those...

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Marianne Williamson: Birth is violent,...

Marianne Williamson: Birth is violent,...

Birth is violent, whether it be the birth of a child or the birth of an idea.

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M F K Fisher: In America we...

M F K Fisher: In America we...

In America we eat, collectively, with a glum urge for food to fill us. We are ignorant of flavour. We are as a nation...

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Annie Elizabeth Delany: Turning one hundred...

Annie Elizabeth Delany: Turning one hundred...

Turning one hundred was the worst birthday of my life. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Turning 101 was not so...

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Clara Barton: Economy, prudence, and...

Clara Barton: Economy, prudence, and...

Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their...

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Karen Horney: Is not the...

Karen Horney: Is not the...

Is not the tremendous strength in men of the impulse to creative work in every field precisely due to their feeling of...

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Marjorie Rosen: Which is strongest...

Marjorie Rosen: Which is strongest...

Which is strongest the reality out of which the illusion is created, the celluloid illusion itself, or the need for...

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