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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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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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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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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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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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Mary Todd Lincoln: Beautiful, glorious Scotland,...

Mary Todd Lincoln: Beautiful, glorious Scotland,...

Beautiful, glorious Scotland, has spoilt me for every other country!

Source:...

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Martha Carey Thomas: My one aim...

Martha Carey Thomas: My one aim...

My one aim and concentrated purpose shall be and is to show that women can learn, can reason, can compete with men in...

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Jane Addams: Old-fashioned ways which...

Jane Addams: Old-fashioned ways which...

Old-fashioned ways which no longer apply to changed conditions are a snare in which the feet of women have always...

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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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Rose Elizabeth Bird: We have probed...

Rose Elizabeth Bird: We have probed...

We have probed the earth, excavated it, burned it, ripped things from it, buried things in it . . . . That does not...

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Ruth Benedict: If we justify...

Ruth Benedict: If we justify...

If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not...

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Elsa Schiaparelli: Eating is not...

Elsa Schiaparelli: Eating is not...

Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to...

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Mother Teresa: God doesn't require...

Mother Teresa: God doesn't require...

God doesn't require us to succeed; he only requires that you try.

Source: In...

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Bella Abzug: If we get...

Bella Abzug: If we get...

If we get a government that reflects more of what this country is really about, we can turn the century -- and the...

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Elizabeth Coatsworth: To a life...

Elizabeth Coatsworth: To a life...

To a life that seizes
Upon content,
Locality seems
But accident.


Source:...

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Victoria Claffin Woodhull: All talk of...

Victoria Claffin Woodhull: All talk of...

All talk of women's rights is moonshine. Women have every right. They have only to exercise...

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Charleszetta Waddles: You can have...

Charleszetta Waddles: You can have...

You can have all the intelligence in the world and don't have enough stamina. I have seen some very bright, bright...

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Fannie Lou Hamer: White Americans today...

Fannie Lou Hamer: White Americans today...

White Americans today don't know what in the world to do because when they put us behind them, that's where they made...

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Queen Victoria: Great events make...

Queen Victoria: Great events make...

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

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Maria Mitchell: People have to...

Maria Mitchell: People have to...

People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can...

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