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Sylvia Porter: Beware of the...

Sylvia Porter: Beware of the...

Beware of the danger signals that flag problems: silence, secretiveness, or sudden...

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Faith Popcorn: Just before consumers...

Faith Popcorn: Just before consumers...

Just before consumers stop doing something, they do it with a vengeance.

Source: In...

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Martha Graham: The only sin...

Martha Graham: The only sin...

The only sin is mediocrity.

Source: In The New York Times, 31 Mar 1985.
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Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetry is life...

Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetry is life...

Poetry is life distilled.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection,...

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Amy Lowell: All books are...

Amy Lowell: All books are...

All books are either dreams or swords,
You can cut, or you can drug, with words.


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Adrienne Rich: There is the...

Adrienne Rich: There is the...

There is the falsely mystical view of art that assumes a kind of supernatural inspiration, a possession by universal...

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Catherine the Great: I shall be...

Catherine the Great: I shall be...

I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade; and that good Lord will forgive me, that's his.

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Lady Bird Johnson: Any committee is...

Lady Bird Johnson: Any committee is...

Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody...

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Helena Petrova Blavatsky: The more thou...

Helena Petrova Blavatsky: The more thou...

The more thou dost advance, the more thy feet pitfalls will meet. The Path that leadeth on is lighted by one fire --...

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Mary Astell: If all men...

Mary Astell: If all men...

If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves?

Source: In...

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Barbara Deming: Make it impossible...

Barbara Deming: Make it impossible...

Make it impossible for [the authority] to operate within the system as usual . . . making it impossible for him simply...

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Andrea Dworkin: The utopian male...

Andrea Dworkin: The utopian male...

The utopian male concept which is the premise of male pornography is this --since manhood is established and confirmed...

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Andrea Dworkin: All personal, psychological,...

Andrea Dworkin: All personal, psychological,...

All personal, psychological, social, and institutionalized domination on this earth can be traced back to its source:...

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Billie Jean King: You've got to...

Billie Jean King: You've got to...

You've got to win in sports -- that's talent -- but you've also got to learn how to remind everybody how you did win,...

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Laura Ingalls Wilder: If enough people...

Laura Ingalls Wilder: If enough people...

If enough people think of a thing and work hard enough at it, I guess it's pretty nearly bound to happen, wind and...

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Eileen Caddy: Cease trying to...

Eileen Caddy: Cease trying to...

Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and...

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Judith Martin: Ideological differences are...

Judith Martin: Ideological differences are...

Ideological differences are no excuse for rudeness.

Source: Miss Manner's Guide to...

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Beatrice Hinkle: The creator does...

Beatrice Hinkle: The creator does...

The creator does not create only for the pleasure of creating but . . . he also desires to subdue other...

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Mary Lyon: If anyone thinks...

Mary Lyon: If anyone thinks...

If anyone thinks he has no responsibilities, it is because he has not sought them out.

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Catharine Esther Beecher: Woman's great mission...

Catharine Esther Beecher: Woman's great mission...

Woman's great mission is to train immature weak, and ignorant creatures to obey the laws of God; the physical, the...

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