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Mary Catherine Bateson: Human beings do...

Mary Catherine Bateson: Human beings do...

Human beings do not eat nutrients, they eat food.

Source: With a Daughter's Eye,...

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Marjorie Rosen: Studios, purporting to...

Marjorie Rosen: Studios, purporting to...

Studios, purporting to ease the anguish of Depression reality, transformed movies into the poIitics of fantasy, the...

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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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Corazon Aquino: You have spent...

Corazon Aquino: You have spent...

You have spent many lives and much treasure to bring freedom to many lands that were reluctant to receive it. And here...

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Margaret Thatcher: I'm extraordinarily patient...

Margaret Thatcher: I'm extraordinarily patient...

I'm extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.

Source: In...

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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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Joyce Brothers: Listening, not imitation,...

Joyce Brothers: Listening, not imitation,...

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. . . . If you want to influence someone, listen to...

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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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Mary Todd Lincoln: Beautiful, glorious Scotland,...

Mary Todd Lincoln: Beautiful, glorious Scotland,...

Beautiful, glorious Scotland, has spoilt me for every other country!

Source:...

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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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Anna Kournikova: The courts are...

Anna Kournikova: The courts are...

The courts are as a stage, people love to see attractive players.

Source:
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Jane Addams: Old-fashioned ways which...

Jane Addams: Old-fashioned ways which...

Old-fashioned ways which no longer apply to changed conditions are a snare in which the feet of women have always...

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Susanna Moodie: When things come...

Susanna Moodie: When things come...

When things come to the worse, they generally mend.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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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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Barbara Bush: Never lose sight...

Barbara Bush: Never lose sight...

Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people --...

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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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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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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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Queen Victoria: The important thing...

Queen Victoria: The important thing...

The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.

Source:...

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Florence Nightingale: The world is...

Florence Nightingale: The world is...

The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to...

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