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Patricia Fripp: It amazes me...

Patricia Fripp: It amazes me...

It amazes me that most people spend more time planning next summer's vacation than they do planning the rest of their...

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Helen Keller: Fact and fancy...

Helen Keller: Fact and fancy...

Fact and fancy look alike across the years that link the past with the present.

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Diane Sawyer: I'm always fascinated...

Diane Sawyer: I'm always fascinated...

I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.

Source: TV Guide.
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Sarah Ban Breathnach: Let's choose today...

Sarah Ban Breathnach: Let's choose today...

Let's choose today to quench our thirst for the good life we thinks others lead by acknowledging the good that already...

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Clara McBride Hale: Being black does...

Clara McBride Hale: Being black does...

Being black does not stop you. You can sit out in the world and say, Well, white people kept me back, and I can't do...

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Carry Nation: Oh, I tell...

Carry Nation: Oh, I tell...

Oh, I tell you, ladies, you never know what joy it gives you to start out to smash a...

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Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: Independence I have...

Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: Independence I have...

Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will...

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Sojourner Truth: Religion without humanity...

Sojourner Truth: Religion without humanity...

Religion without humanity is a poor human stuff.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Ernestine L Rose: . . ....

Ernestine L Rose: . . ....

. . . the reward of springing from the consciousness of right, of endeavoring to benefit unborn...

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Maggie Kuhn: There must be...

Maggie Kuhn: There must be...

There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!

Source: In...

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Colette Dowling: Now [the Cinderella...

Colette Dowling: Now [the Cinderella...

Now [the Cinderella Complex] tends to hit women after college . . . . When the first thrill of freedom subsides and...

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Marsha Sinetar: You may feel...

Marsha Sinetar: You may feel...

You may feel like dwelling on your limits or your fears. Don't do it. A perfect prescription for a squandered,...

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Mary Pettibone Poole: The next best...

Mary Pettibone Poole: The next best...

The next best thing to being clever is being able to quote someone who is.

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Anita Brookner: There are moments...

Anita Brookner: There are moments...

There are moments when you feel free, moments when you have energy, moments when you have hope, but you can't rely on...

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Kate Chopin: To be an...

Kate Chopin: To be an...

To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts -- absolute gifts -- which have been acquired by one's own...

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Susan Sontag: All. . ....

Susan Sontag: All. . ....

All. . . forms of consensus about great books and perennial problems, once stabilized, tend to deteriorate eventually...

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Susan Sontag: American energy. ....

Susan Sontag: American energy. ....

American energy. . . is the energy of violence, of free-floating resentment and anxiety unleashed by chronic cultural...

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Susan Sontag: Anthropology has always...

Susan Sontag: Anthropology has always...

Anthropology has always struggled with an intense, fascinated repulsion towards its subject. . . . [The...

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Susan Sontag: Any important disease...

Susan Sontag: Any important disease...

Any important disease whose causality is murky, and for which treatment is ineffectual, tends to be awash in...

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Judith Martin: If written directions...

Judith Martin: If written directions...

If written directions alone would suffice, libraries wouldn't need to have the rest of the universities...

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