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Eleanor Holmes Norton: The essence of...

Eleanor Holmes Norton: The essence of...

The essence of a free life is being able to choose the style of living you prefer free from exclusion and without the...

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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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Emma Hart Willard: While their sisters...

Emma Hart Willard: While their sisters...

While their sisters are gliding through the mazes of the midnight dance, [sons] employ the lamp, to treasure up for...

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Charlotte Forten Grimke: Ah, what a...

Charlotte Forten Grimke: Ah, what a...

Ah, what a grand, glorious day this has been. The dawn of freedom which it heralds may not break upon us at once; but...

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bell hooks: [O]ne of the...

bell hooks: [O]ne of the...

[O]ne of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we...

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Clara Barton: . . ....

Clara Barton: . . ....

. . . the surest test of discipline is its absence.

Source: The Story
-- Clara...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: Goals too clearly...

Mary Catherine Bateson: Goals too clearly...

Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers.

Source: Composing a Life,...

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Margaret Mead: I must admit...

Margaret Mead: I must admit...

I must admit I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human...

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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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Maria Mitchell: We especially need...

Maria Mitchell: We especially need...

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and...

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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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Amelia Earhart: Flying might not...

Amelia Earhart: Flying might not...

Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.

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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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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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Corrie Ten Boom: Faith sees the...

Corrie Ten Boom: Faith sees the...

Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.

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Mary Wortley Montagu: There is nothing...

Mary Wortley Montagu: There is nothing...

There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless...

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Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: We write our...

Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: We write our...

We write our own destiny; we become what we do.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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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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Barbara Ward: We cannot cheat...

Barbara Ward: We cannot cheat...

We cannot cheat on DNA. We cannot get round photosynthesis. We cannot say I am not going to give a damn about...

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Hannah Arendt: Promises are the...

Hannah Arendt: Promises are the...

Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this...

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