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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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Carol Moseley-Braun: If I lose,...

Carol Moseley-Braun: If I lose,...

If I lose, I'm going to retire from politics, practice law, and wear bright leather pants.

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Carter Heyward: I'm a priest,...

Carter Heyward: I'm a priest,...

I'm a priest, not a priestess. Priestess implies mumbo jumbo and all sorts of pagan goings-on. Those who oppose us...

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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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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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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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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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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: The success of...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: The success of...

The success of any man with any woman is apt to displease even his best friends.

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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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Christina of Sweden: Life becomes useless...

Christina of Sweden: Life becomes useless...

Life becomes useless and insipid when we have no longer either friends or enemies.

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Marianne Williamson: If you give...

Marianne Williamson: If you give...

If you give your life as a wholehearted response to love, then love will wholeheartedly respond to...

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Deborah Tannen: The biggest mistake...

Deborah Tannen: The biggest mistake...

The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation -- or a...

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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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Mary McLeod Bethune: Faith is the...

Mary McLeod Bethune: Faith is the...

Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is...

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Martha Wright Griffiths: This amendment [the...

Martha Wright Griffiths: This amendment [the...

This amendment [the Equal Rights Amendment], if passed, would be like a beacon which should awaken nine sleeping Rip...

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Shirley Chisholm: There is little...

Shirley Chisholm: There is little...

There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. ...

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Anne Sullivan: Keep on beginning...

Anne Sullivan: Keep on beginning...

Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and you will grow stronger until have...

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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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Mother Teresa: God is the...

Mother Teresa: God is the...

God is the friend of silence. See how nature -- trees, flowers, grass -- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon...

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