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Nelly Sachs: O the chimneys...

Nelly Sachs: O the chimneys...

O the chimneys
On the ingeniously devised habitations of death
When Israel's body drifted as smoke
Through...

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Jinger Heath: Success doesn't necessarily...

Jinger Heath: Success doesn't necessarily...

Success doesn't necessarily make you a happy person. . . . but without the confidence and security that comes from...

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Mary Kay Ash: A mediocre idea...

Mary Kay Ash: A mediocre idea...

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no...

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Mary Kay Ash: Aerodynamically the bumble...

Mary Kay Ash: Aerodynamically the bumble...

Aerodynamically the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it, so it goes on flying...

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Nellie Melba: If I'd been...

Nellie Melba: If I'd been...

If I'd been a housemaid I'd have been the best in Australia -- I couldn't help it. It's got to be perfection for...

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Beverly Sills: My voice had...

Beverly Sills: My voice had...

My voice had a long, nonstop career. It deserves to be put to bed with quiet and dignity, not yanked out every once...

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Ellen Terry: Imagination, industry, and...

Ellen Terry: Imagination, industry, and...

Imagination, industry, and intelligence --the three I's --are all indispensable to the actress, but of these three the...

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Greta Garbo: Is there anything...

Greta Garbo: Is there anything...

Is there anything better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within...

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Etty Hillesum: I do believe...

Etty Hillesum: I do believe...

I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one's...

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Edith Hamilton: To be able...

Edith Hamilton: To be able...

To be able to be caught up into the world of thought -- that is being educated.

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Invention, it must...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Invention, it must...

Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of voice, but out of...

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: On the road...

Eleanor Holmes Norton: On the road...

On the road to equality there is no better place for blacks to detour around American values than in foregoing its...

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Corazon Aquino: Reconciliation should be...

Corazon Aquino: Reconciliation should be...

Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't...

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Queen Victoria: A strange, horrible...

Queen Victoria: A strange, horrible...

A strange, horrible business, but I suppose good enough for Shakespeare's day.

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Margot Asquith: Rich men's houses...

Margot Asquith: Rich men's houses...

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to...

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Anne Wilson Schaef: A chuckle a...

Anne Wilson Schaef: A chuckle a...

A chuckle a day may not keep the doctor away, but it sure does make those times in life's waiting room a little more...

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Barbara Tuchman: To a historian...

Barbara Tuchman: To a historian...

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

Source: Practising...

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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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Andrea Dworkin: Men who want...

Andrea Dworkin: Men who want...

Men who want to support women in our struggle for freedom and justice should understand that it is not terrifically...

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Susanna Moodie: Ah, Hope! what...

Susanna Moodie: Ah, Hope! what...

Ah, Hope! what would life be, stripped of thy encouraging smiles, that teach us to look behind the dark clouds of...

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