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Marie Curie: To be nobody-but-yourself...

Marie Curie: To be nobody-but-yourself...

To be nobody-but-yourself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else -- means to...

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Simone Weil: [D]azzling achievements are...

Simone Weil: [D]azzling achievements are...

[D]azzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years. But above this level,...

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Maria Montessori: The only language...

Maria Montessori: The only language...

The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one can teach them...

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Ellen Swallow Richards: I am really...

Ellen Swallow Richards: I am really...

I am really astonished at the amount of work we do. The only trouble here, they wont [sic] let us study enough. I...

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Rachel Carson: Those who contemplate...

Rachel Carson: Those who contemplate...

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life...

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Etty Hillesum: Become simple and...

Etty Hillesum: Become simple and...

Become simple and live simply, not only within yourself but also in your everyday dealings. Don't make ripples all...

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Hannah Arendt: The most radical...

Hannah Arendt: The most radical...

The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.

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Maria Mitchell: When we are...

Maria Mitchell: When we are...

When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own...

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Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: [W]e must believe...

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: [W]e must believe...

[W]e must believe in ourselves or no one else will believe in us; we must match our aspirations with the competence,...

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Barbara McClintock: If you know...

Barbara McClintock: If you know...

If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off. . . no matter...

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Ellen Swallow Richards: The environment that...

Ellen Swallow Richards: The environment that...

The environment that people live in is the environment that they learn to live in, respond to, and perpetuate. If the...

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Ann Plato: [O]ne science, however,...

Ann Plato: [O]ne science, however,...

[O]ne science, however, there is, worth more than all the rest, and that is the science of living well -- which shall...

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Corrie Ten Boom: Discernment is God's...

Corrie Ten Boom: Discernment is God's...

Discernment is God's call to intercession, never to faultfinding.

Source: In...

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Beryl Markham: The abhorrence of...

Beryl Markham: The abhorrence of...

The abhorrence of loneliness is as natural as wanting to live at all.

Source: In...

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Peg Bracken: It's easier to...

Peg Bracken: It's easier to...

It's easier to find a traveling companion than to get rid of one.

Source: But I...

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Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: In the past,...

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: In the past,...

In the past, few women have tried and even fewer have succeeded.

Source: In Words...

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Barbara McClintock: I know [my...

Barbara McClintock: I know [my...

I know [my corn plants] intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.

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Deborah Tannen: When people realize...

Deborah Tannen: When people realize...

When people realize that in the long run you may be turning off the audiences more, even though they will look...

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Corrie Ten Boom: Faith is like...

Corrie Ten Boom: Faith is like...

Faith is like radar that sees through the fog -- the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot...

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Corrie Ten Boom: Memories are the...

Corrie Ten Boom: Memories are the...

Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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