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Anne Frank: Think of all...

Anne Frank: Think of all...

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

Source: Diary of a...

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Isabelle Eberhardt: The farther behind...

Isabelle Eberhardt: The farther behind...

The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character.

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Gail Sheehy: Phases of the...

Gail Sheehy: Phases of the...

Phases of the creative process: Preparation-gathering impressions Incubation-letting go of certainties...

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June Jordan: As a poet...

June Jordan: As a poet...

As a poet and writer, I deeply love and I deeply hate words. I love the infinite evidence and change and requirements...

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Jeanne-Marie Roland: The more I...

Jeanne-Marie Roland: The more I...

The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs.

Source: Attributed.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton: The best protection...

Elizabeth Cady Stanton: The best protection...

The best protection any woman can have . . . is courage.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Andrea Dworkin: The will to...

Andrea Dworkin: The will to...

The will to domination is a ravenous beast. There are never enough warm bodies to satiate its monstrous hunger. Once...

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Elizabeth Kenny: As a girl...

Elizabeth Kenny: As a girl...

As a girl my temper often got out of bounds. But one day when I became angry at a friend over some trivial matter, my...

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Freda Adler: The type of...

Freda Adler: The type of...

The type of fig leaf which each culture employs to cover its social taboos offers a twofold description of its...

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Barbara Bush: I'm not saying...

Barbara Bush: I'm not saying...

I'm not saying to be happy you must be married. Nor am I saying that to be happy you need children. I'm saying that...

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Ella T Grasso: I am having...

Ella T Grasso: I am having...

I am having trouble managing the mansion. What I need is a wife.

Source: In Quotes...

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Martha Wright Griffiths: It is a...

Martha Wright Griffiths: It is a...

It is a different world and they [the Supreme Court] should speak for justice, not prejudice.... I seek justice, not...

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Queen Mother Elizabeth: It has always...

Queen Mother Elizabeth: It has always...

It has always frightened me that people should love her so much.

Source: Of her...

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Rose Elizabeth Bird: My role isn't...

Rose Elizabeth Bird: My role isn't...

My role isn't to be politically smart. My role is to do what's right under the constitution. And if that's politically...

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Elizabeth Gould Davis: Men insist that...

Elizabeth Gould Davis: Men insist that...

Men insist that they don't mind women succeeding so long as they retain their femininity. Yet the qualities that men...

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Colette: You do not...

Colette: You do not...

You do not notice changes in what is always before you.

Source: My Apprenticeships,...

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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: It is for...

Erica Jong: It is for...

It is for this, partly, that I write. How can I know what I think unless I see what I...

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Rachel Field: There was no...

Rachel Field: There was no...

There was no reality to pain when it left one, thought while it held one fast all other realities...

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Mary Martha Sherwood: . ....

Mary Martha Sherwood: . ....

. . . what is the zest of argument when the antagonist is not allowed to answer?

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