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Maria Montessori: If we can,...

Maria Montessori: If we can,...

If we can, when we have established individual discipline, arrange the children, sending each one to his own place, in...

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Tammy Faye Bakker: You don't have...

Tammy Faye Bakker: You don't have...

You don't have to be dowdy to be a Christian.

Source: In Newsweek, 8 Jun...

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Martha Washington: I am still...

Martha Washington: I am still...

I am still determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may be. . .

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Ingrid Bergman: It's not whether...

Ingrid Bergman: It's not whether...

It's not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.

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Ethel Watts Mumford: Don't take the...

Ethel Watts Mumford: Don't take the...

Don't take the will for the deed; get the deed!

Source: In The Last Word - A...

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Sandra Bernhard: On one side...

Sandra Bernhard: On one side...

On one side you have book burners, Congressional wives and Pat Robertson. On the other side, you have vulgar...

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Kathy Ireland: Modeling was another...

Kathy Ireland: Modeling was another...

Modeling was another job like some of the other ones I had. Working as a cashier, I delivered newspapers, I worked in...

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Amy Strum Alcott: Concentrate, play your...

Amy Strum Alcott: Concentrate, play your...

Concentrate, play your game, and don't be afraid to win.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Chris Evert Lloyd: Now that I'm...

Chris Evert Lloyd: Now that I'm...

Now that I'm losing some, I can see how tough I was -- the killer instinct, the single-mindedness, playing like a...

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Maria Mitchell: The world of...

Maria Mitchell: The world of...

The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power! We reach forth and strain every nerve,...

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Betty Friedan: Aging is not...

Betty Friedan: Aging is not...

Aging is not 'lost youth' but a new stage of opportunity and strength.

Source: In...

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Harriet Ann Jacobs: Hot weather brings...

Harriet Ann Jacobs: Hot weather brings...

Hot weather brings out snakes and slaveholders, and I like one class of the venomous creatures as little as I do the...

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Susanna Moodie: Large parties given...

Susanna Moodie: Large parties given...

Large parties given to very young children . . . foster the passions of vanity and envy, and produce a love of dress...

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Mother Teresa: To keep a...

Mother Teresa: To keep a...

To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.

Source: In Saints Among...

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Barbara Bush: I'm not a...

Barbara Bush: I'm not a...

I'm not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don't think I'm competitive, just...

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Michelle Obama: Failure is an...

Michelle Obama: Failure is an...

Failure is an important part of your growth and developing resilience. Don?t be afraid to...

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Elizabeth Gould Davis: . . ....

Elizabeth Gould Davis: . . ....

. . . congenital killers and criminals are possessed of not one but two Y chromosomes, bearing a double dose, as it...

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Sylvia Ashton-Warner: When love turns...

Sylvia Ashton-Warner: When love turns...

When love turns away, now, I don't follow it. I sit and suffer, unprotesting, until I feel the tread of another...

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Joyce Brothers: Before your dreams...

Joyce Brothers: Before your dreams...

Before your dreams can come true, you have to have those dreams.

Source: In The...

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Martha Carey Thomas: . . ....

Martha Carey Thomas: . . ....

. . . a woman can be a woman and a true one without having all her time engrossed by dress and...

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