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Rachel Carson: For the sense...

Rachel Carson: For the sense...

For the sense of smell, almost more than any other, has the power to recall memories and it is a pity that we use it...

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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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Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: I have long...

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: I have long...

I have long felt that the trouble with discrimination is not discrimination per se, but rather that the people who are...

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Barbara McClintock: When you know...

Barbara McClintock: When you know...

When you know you're right, you don't care what others think. You know sooner or later it will come out in the...

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Sarah Winnemucca: Nobody really knows...

Sarah Winnemucca: Nobody really knows...

Nobody really knows Indians who cheat them and treat them badly.

Source: In Words...

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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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Bette Midler: I wouldn't say...

Bette Midler: I wouldn't say...

I wouldn't say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high...

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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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Jeane Kirkpatrick: We have war...

Jeane Kirkpatrick: We have war...

We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants...

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Beatrice Potter Webb: The Inevitability of...

Beatrice Potter Webb: The Inevitability of...

The Inevitability of Gradualness.

Source: Presidential Address, British Labour...

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Gracie Allen: They laughed at...

Gracie Allen: They laughed at...

They laughed at Joan of Arc, but she went right ahead and built it.

Source: In The...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: The Christian tradition...

Mary Catherine Bateson: The Christian tradition...

The Christian tradition was passed on to me as a great rich mixture, a bouillabaisse of human imagination and wonder...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: The family is...

Mary Catherine Bateson: The family is...

The family is changing, not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new...

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Emma Hart Willard: Rocked in the...

Emma Hart Willard: Rocked in the...

Rocked in the cradle of the deep
I lay me down in peace to sleep;
Secure I rest upon the wave,
For Thou, O...

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Sarah Louise Delany: I never let...

Sarah Louise Delany: I never let...

I never let prejudice stop me from what I wanted to do in this life.

Source: Having...

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Maria Montessori: If an educational...

Maria Montessori: If an educational...

If an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only one which tends to help toward the complete unfolding of...

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Mary McLeod Bethune: Invest in the...

Mary McLeod Bethune: Invest in the...

Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.

Source: In...

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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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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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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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