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Hillary Rodham Clinton: What we have...

Hillary Rodham Clinton: What we have...

What we have to do . . . is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our...

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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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Margaret Chase Smith: When people keep...

Margaret Chase Smith: When people keep...

When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.

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Marguerite de Valois: The more hidden...

Marguerite de Valois: The more hidden...

The more hidden the venom, the more dangerous it is.

Source: Memoirs.
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Mary McLeod Bethune: The true worth...

Mary McLeod Bethune: The true worth...

The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood.

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Corrie Ten Boom: The measure of...

Corrie Ten Boom: The measure of...

The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.

Source:...

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Corrie Ten Boom: It is not...

Corrie Ten Boom: It is not...

It is not my ability, but my response to God's ability, that counts.

Source: In...

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Joanne Woodward: It Was wisely...

Joanne Woodward: It Was wisely...

It Was wisely known in New York, but never acknowledged, that Americans want to get away from amusement even more I...

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Mae West: It isn't what...

Mae West: It isn't what...

It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it. And how I look when I do it and say...

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Martha Washington: . . ....

Martha Washington: . . ....

. . . steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and cheerful as a cricket. . . .

Source:...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: God's gifts put...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: God's gifts put...

God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.

Source: Sonnets From the Portuguese,...

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Emily Dickinson: A Deed knocks...

Emily Dickinson: A Deed knocks...

A Deed knocks first at Thought
And then -- it knocks at Will --
That is the manufacturing...

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Simone Weil: A science which...

Simone Weil: A science which...

A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.

Source: Gravity and...

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Peace Pilgrim: Humanity has only...

Peace Pilgrim: Humanity has only...

Humanity has only scratched the surface of its real potential.

Source: In The...

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Aimee Semple Mcpherson: I have never...

Aimee Semple Mcpherson: I have never...

I have never been brought up a Catholic - I mean, a Roman Catholic - we're all Catholics, aren't we? We're Protestant...

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Ella Baker: The best country...

Ella Baker: The best country...

The best country in the world, you hear them say. I guess it may be. I haven't lived anywhere else. But it's not good...

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Clare Boothe Luce: Technological man can't...

Clare Boothe Luce: Technological man can't...

Technological man can't believe in anything that can't be measured, taped, or put into a...

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Hannah Whitall Smith: Decisions of our...

Hannah Whitall Smith: Decisions of our...

Decisions of our will are often directly opposed to the decisions of our emotions. If we are in the habit of...

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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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Barbara Deming: I learned always...

Barbara Deming: I learned always...

I learned always to trust my own deep sense of what I should do, and not just obediently trust the judgment of others...

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