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Maria Montessori: Discipline must come...

Maria Montessori: Discipline must come...

Discipline must come through liberty. . . . We do not consider an individual disciplined only when he has been...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: God is not...

Marie Anne du Deffand: God is not...

God is not more incomprehensible than you; but if he is not more just, it is hardly worth while beIieving in...

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Abigail Adams: Wisdom and penetration...

Abigail Adams: Wisdom and penetration...

Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call...

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: It looks like...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: It looks like...

It looks like it's been furnished by discount stores.

Source: Contemplating her...

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Wilma Pearl Mankiller: I've run into...

Wilma Pearl Mankiller: I've run into...

I've run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian.

Source: In Words of...

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Zsa Zsa Gabor: Macho does not...

Zsa Zsa Gabor: Macho does not...

Macho does not prove mucho.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith...

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Barbara Ward: We cannot cheat...

Barbara Ward: We cannot cheat...

We cannot cheat on DNA. We cannot get round photosynthesis. We cannot say I am not going to give a damn about...

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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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Mae West: If I asked...

Mae West: If I asked...

If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.

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Lily Tomlin: Sometimes I feel...

Lily Tomlin: Sometimes I feel...

Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination.

Source: In Webster's...

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Mary Daly: Work is a...

Mary Daly: Work is a...

Work is a substitute religious experience for many workaholics.

Source: In Words of...

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Hannah Whitall Smith: The true secret...

Hannah Whitall Smith: The true secret...

The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken...

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Betty Friedan: The feminine mystique...

Betty Friedan: The feminine mystique...

The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive.

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Lucretia Mott: Truth for authority,...

Lucretia Mott: Truth for authority,...

Truth for authority, not authority for truth.

Source: Motto, quoted in The Peerless...

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Emmeline Pankhurst: Justice and judgment...

Emmeline Pankhurst: Justice and judgment...

Justice and judgment lie often a world apart.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations...

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Althea Gibson: Most of us...

Althea Gibson: Most of us...

Most of us who aspire to be tops in our fields don't really consider the amount of work required to stay...

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Amelia Earhart: The more one...

Amelia Earhart: The more one...

The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one's appreciation of...

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Mary Pettibone Poole: Alcohol is a...

Mary Pettibone Poole: Alcohol is a...

Alcohol is a good preservative for everything but brains.

Source: A Glass Eye at a...

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Barbara Sher: Real obstacles don't...

Barbara Sher: Real obstacles don't...

Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a...

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Elizabeth Hardwick: The greatest gift...

Elizabeth Hardwick: The greatest gift...

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge...

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