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Marianne Williamson: Joy is what...

Marianne Williamson: Joy is what...

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

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Marie Anne du Deffand: I do not...

Marie Anne du Deffand: I do not...

I do not know why Diogenes * went looking for a man: nothing could happen to him worse than finding...

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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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Greta Garbo: There are many...

Greta Garbo: There are many...

There are many things in your heart you can never tell to another person. They are you, your private joys and sorrows,...

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Clare Boothe Luce: Lying increases the...

Clare Boothe Luce: Lying increases the...

Lying increases the creative faculties . . . It is only in lies, wholeheartedly and bravely told, that human nature...

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Ethel Percy Andrus: We learn the...

Ethel Percy Andrus: We learn the...

We learn the inner secret of happiness when we learn to direct our inner drives, our interest and our attention to...

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Chris Evert Lloyd: If you can...

Chris Evert Lloyd: If you can...

If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it...

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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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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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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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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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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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Anita Brookner: Great writers are...

Anita Brookner: Great writers are...

Great writers are the saints for the godless.

Source: Novelists in Interview (ed....

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Lucretia Mott: The world has...

Lucretia Mott: The world has...

The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains...

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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. In a decisive set, confidence is the...

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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: If a child...

Rachel Carson: If a child...

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share...

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Mary Astell: Women are not...

Mary Astell: Women are not...

Women are not so well united as to form an Insurrection. They are for the most part wise enough to love their chains,...

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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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