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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.

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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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Aimee Semple Mcpherson: What is my...

Aimee Semple Mcpherson: What is my...

What is my task? To get the gospel around the world in the shortest possible time to every man and woman and boy and...

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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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Amelia Earhart: The effect of...

Amelia Earhart: The effect of...

The effect of having other interests beyond those domestic works well. The more one does and sees and feels, the more...

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Ella T Grasso: I would not...

Ella T Grasso: I would not...

I would not be President because I do not aspire to be President. But l'm sure that a woman will be President. When? I...

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Martha Wright Griffiths: My grandmother wanted...

Martha Wright Griffiths: My grandmother wanted...

My grandmother wanted to live long enough to vote for a woman president. I'll be satisfied if I live to see a woman go...

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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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Mary McLeod Bethune: I plunged into...

Mary McLeod Bethune: I plunged into...

I plunged into the job of creating something from nothing . . . Though I hadn't a penny left, I considered cash money...

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Mary McLeod Bethune: When they...

Mary McLeod Bethune: When they...

When they learn of Shakespeare and Goethe, we must teach them of Pushkin and Dumas . . . Whatever the white man has...

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Mary McLeod Bethune: I never stop...

Mary McLeod Bethune: I never stop...

I never stop to plan. I take things step by step.

Source: Faith That Moved a Dump...

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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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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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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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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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Mary Ritter Beard: It is grievous...

Mary Ritter Beard: It is grievous...

It is grievous to read the papers in most respects, I agree. More and more I skim the headlines only, for one can be...

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Abigail Adams: Learning is not...

Abigail Adams: Learning is not...

Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with...

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Mae West: I'm no model...

Mae West: I'm no model...

I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.

Source: In An...

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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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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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