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Althea Gibson: I always wanted...

Althea Gibson: I always wanted...

I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along...

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Chris Evert Lloyd: Ninety percent of...

Chris Evert Lloyd: Ninety percent of...

Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far.

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Flannery O'Connor: Conviction without experience...

Flannery O'Connor: Conviction without experience...

Conviction without experience makes for harshness.

Source: The Habit of Being,...

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Ann Plato: To remove ignorance...

Ann Plato: To remove ignorance...

To remove ignorance is an important branch of benevolence.

Source: In The Black...

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Maria Montessori: The greatness of...

Maria Montessori: The greatness of...

The greatness of the human personality begins at the hour of birth. From this almost mystic affirmation there comes...

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Barbara Bush: Never lose sight...

Barbara Bush: Never lose sight...

Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people --...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: I think somehow,...

Eleanor Roosevelt: I think somehow,...

I think somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.

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Eleanor Roosevelt: Life was meant...

Eleanor Roosevelt: Life was meant...

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on...

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Shirley Hufstedler: If you play...

Shirley Hufstedler: If you play...

If you play it safe in life, you've decided that you don't want to grow any more.

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Shirley Hufstedler: Security is not...

Shirley Hufstedler: Security is not...

Security is not the meaning of my life. Great opportunities are worth the risks.

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Jill Ruckelshaus: I have no...

Jill Ruckelshaus: I have no...

I have no hostility towards men. Some of my best friends are men. I married a man, and my father was a...

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Michelle Obama: Your story is...

Michelle Obama: Your story is...

Your story is what you have, what you will always have. It is something to own.

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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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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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Lauren Bacall: I used to...

Lauren Bacall: I used to...

I used to tremble from nerves so badly that the only way I could hold my head steady was to lower my chin practically...

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Tallulah Bankhead: Here's a rule...

Tallulah Bankhead: Here's a rule...

Here's a rule I recommend. Never practice two vices at once.

Source: Tallulah....

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Bonnie Blair: My parents put...

Bonnie Blair: My parents put...

My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've always liked...

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Aimee Semple Mcpherson: O Hope! dazzling,...

Aimee Semple Mcpherson: O Hope! dazzling,...

O Hope! dazzling, radiant Hope! -- What a change thou bringest to the hopeless; brightening the darkened paths, and...

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Svetlana Alliluyeva: He is gone,...

Svetlana Alliluyeva: He is gone,...

He is gone, but his shadow still stands over all of us. It still dictates to us and we, very often,...

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Margaret Thatcher: I have a...

Margaret Thatcher: I have a...

I have a habit of comparing the phraseology of communiques . . . noting a certain similarity of words, a certain...

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