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Doris Lessing: In university they...

Doris Lessing: In university they...

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate...

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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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Hannah Arendt: Economic growth may...

Hannah Arendt: Economic growth may...

Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into...

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Hannah Arendt: It is quite...

Hannah Arendt: It is quite...

It is quite gratifying to feel guilty if you haven't done anything wrong: how noble! Whereas it is rather hard and...

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Barbara De Angelis: No matter what...

Barbara De Angelis: No matter what...

No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique...

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Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: It is with...

Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: It is with...

It is with enterprises as with striking fire; we do not meet with success except with reiterated efforts, and often at...

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Barbara Mikulski: I think leadership...

Barbara Mikulski: I think leadership...

I think leadership is creating a state of mind in others.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Florence Scovel Shinn: Every great work,...

Florence Scovel Shinn: Every great work,...

Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and...

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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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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: At first he...

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: At first he...

At first he was very discouraging, to my astonishment then, but now I fancy he did it as a forlorn hope to check me;...

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Johnnetta Betsch Cole: These young women...

Johnnetta Betsch Cole: These young women...

These young women have had four years of very special space . . . . safe space. But when they graduate, they will...

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bell hooks: Secrets find a...

bell hooks: Secrets find a...

Secrets find a way out in sleep . . . It is the place where there is no pretense.

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Mary Ritter Beard: Beneath the surface...

Mary Ritter Beard: Beneath the surface...

Beneath the surface of civilian interests and capitalistic enterprise smoldered embers of the world's war spirit --...

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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: [My mother] speaks...

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: [My mother] speaks...

[My mother] speaks of my step being a source of life-long pain to her, that it is a living death, etc. By the same...

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Mary Steichen Calderone: I truly feel...

Mary Steichen Calderone: I truly feel...

I truly feel that there are as many ways of loving as there are people in the world and as there are days in the lives...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: The capacity to...

Mary Catherine Bateson: The capacity to...

The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.

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Jane Harrison: Old age, believe...

Jane Harrison: Old age, believe...

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you...

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Maria Montessori: We teachers can...

Maria Montessori: We teachers can...

We teachers can only help the work going on, as servants wait upon a master.

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Elizabeth Gould Davis: The fact is...

Elizabeth Gould Davis: The fact is...

The fact is that men need women more than women need men; and so, aware of this fact, man has sought to keep woman...

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Meridel Le Sueur: Hard times ain't...

Meridel Le Sueur: Hard times ain't...

Hard times ain't quit and we ain't quit.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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