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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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Rachel Carson: The ocean is...

Rachel Carson: The ocean is...

The ocean is a place of paradoxes.

Source: Atlantic Monthly, 9/1/1937
-- Rachel...

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Ruth Benedict: We grow in...

Ruth Benedict: We grow in...

We grow in time to trust the future for our answers.

Source: An Anthropologist at...

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Karen Horney: Fortunately, analysis is...

Karen Horney: Fortunately, analysis is...

Fortunately, analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective...

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Joan L Curcio: Courageous risks are...

Joan L Curcio: Courageous risks are...

Courageous risks are life giving, they help you grow, make you brave and better than you think you...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Experience, like a...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Experience, like a...

Experience, like a pale musician, holds
A dulcimer of patience in his hand.


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St Teresa of Avila: How is it...

St Teresa of Avila: How is it...

How is it that there are not many who are led by sermons to forsake open sin? Do you know what I think? That is...

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Anne Wilson Schaef: I realize that...

Anne Wilson Schaef: I realize that...

I realize that humor isn't for everyone. It's only for people who want to have fun, enjoy life, and feel...

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Isabelle Eberhardt: A nomad I...

Isabelle Eberhardt: A nomad I...

A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places.

Source:...

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Isabelle Eberhardt: I am not...

Isabelle Eberhardt: I am not...

I am not afraid of death, but would not want to die in some obscure or pointless way.

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Ella Baker: Because [our children]...

Ella Baker: Because [our children]...

Because [our children] had had the privilege of growing up where they'd raised a lot of food. They were never hungry....

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Mary Harris Mother Jones: Injustice boils in...

Mary Harris Mother Jones: Injustice boils in...

Injustice boils in men's hearts as does steel in its caldron, ready to pour forth, white hot, in the fullness of...

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Suzanne K Langer: Art is the...

Suzanne K Langer: Art is the...

Art is the objectification of feeling.

Source: Mind, An Essay on Human Feeling,...

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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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Isabelle Eberhardt: For those who...

Isabelle Eberhardt: For those who...

For those who know the value of and exquisite taste of solitary freedom (for one is only free when alone), the act of...

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Deborah Kerr: I adore not...

Deborah Kerr: I adore not...

I adore not being me. I'm not very good at being me. That's why I adore acting so much.

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Shirley Hufstedler: I empathize with...

Shirley Hufstedler: I empathize with...

I empathize with those who yearn for a simpler world, for some bygone golden age of domestic and international...

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: With children no...

Eleanor Holmes Norton: With children no...

With children no longer the universally accepted reason for marriage, marriages are going to have to exist on their...

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Hannah Arendt: Ideas, as distinguished...

Hannah Arendt: Ideas, as distinguished...

Ideas, as distinguished from events, are never unprecedented.

Source: In The...

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Suzanne K Langer: A philosophy is...

Suzanne K Langer: A philosophy is...

A philosophy is characterized more by the formulation of its problems than by its solution of...

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