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Christina of Sweden: There is a...

Christina of Sweden: There is a...

There is a star above us which unites souls of the first order, though worlds and ages separate...

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Marie Antoinette: Qu'ils mangent de...

Marie Antoinette: Qu'ils mangent de...

'Qu'ils mangent de la brioche.' Let them eat cake.

Source: Traditional but wrong...

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Nancy Astor: The main dangers...

Nancy Astor: The main dangers...

The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything -- or nothing.

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Betty Smith: The difference between...

Betty Smith: The difference between...

The difference between rich and poor is that the poor do everything with their own hands and the rich hire hands to do...

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Nadine Gordimer: The creative act...

Nadine Gordimer: The creative act...

The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses Eden, writes to be read...

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Elizabeth Kenny: It is better...

Elizabeth Kenny: It is better...

It is better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

Source: Sister...

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Diane Ravitch: When you succeed...

Diane Ravitch: When you succeed...

When you succeed at keeping almost everyone in school, you must figure out ways to educate everyone you keep in...

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Freda Adler: Woman throughout the...

Freda Adler: Woman throughout the...

Woman throughout the ages has been mistress to the law, as man has been its master.

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Carter Heyward: I'm a priest,...

Carter Heyward: I'm a priest,...

I'm a priest, not a priestess. . . 'Priestess' implies mumbo jumbo and all sorts of pagan goings-on- Those who oppose...

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Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: There is an...

Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: There is an...

There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the...

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Grace Murray Hopper: You cannot manage...

Grace Murray Hopper: You cannot manage...

You cannot manage men into battle. You manage things; you lead people.

Source: In...

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Lydia M Child: Every man deems...

Lydia M Child: Every man deems...

Every man deems that he has precisely the trials and temptations which are the hardest of all others for him to bear;...

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Martha Wright Griffiths: The biggest problem...

Martha Wright Griffiths: The biggest problem...

The biggest problem in politics is that you help some S.O.B. get what he wants and then he throws you out of the...

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Christina of Sweden: We grow old...

Christina of Sweden: We grow old...

We grow old more through indolence, than through age.

Source: Maxims, 1660-1680, in...

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Harper Lee: Folks don't like...

Harper Lee: Folks don't like...

Folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do. It aggravates 'em. You're not gonna change any of...

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Edna O'Brien: Writers live in...

Edna O'Brien: Writers live in...

Writers live in the mind and in hotels of the soul.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Margot Asquith: The capacity to...

Margot Asquith: The capacity to...

The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature.

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Erica Jong: Surviving meant being...

Erica Jong: Surviving meant being...

Surviving meant being born over and over.

Source:
-- Erica Jong, (Mar 26...

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Edna Ferber: I think that...

Edna Ferber: I think that...

I think that in order to write really well and convincingly, one must he somewhat poisoned by emotion. Dislike,...

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Helen Keller: Avoiding danger is...

Helen Keller: Avoiding danger is...

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or...

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