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St Teresa of Avila: . . ....

St Teresa of Avila: . . ....

. . . about the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don't go by one text...

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Mary McLeod Bethune: Knowledge is the...

Mary McLeod Bethune: Knowledge is the...

Knowledge is the prime need of the hour.

Source: My Last Will and Testament, in...

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Clara Barton: Economy, prudence, and...

Clara Barton: Economy, prudence, and...

Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their...

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Margaret Chase Smith: When people keep...

Margaret Chase Smith: When people keep...

When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.

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Dianne Feinstein: Toughness doesn't have...

Dianne Feinstein: Toughness doesn't have...

Toughness doesn't have to come in a pinstripe suit.

Source: On women's role in...

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Lucretia Mott: Truth for authority,...

Lucretia Mott: Truth for authority,...

Truth for authority, not authority for truth.

Source: Motto, quoted in The Peerless...

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Rachel Carson: In every out...

Rachel Carson: In every out...

In every out thrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is a story of the...

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Mary Daly: Courage to be...

Mary Daly: Courage to be...

Courage to be is the key to revelatory power of the feminist revolution.

Source: In...

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Starhawk: Each being is...

Starhawk: Each being is...

Each being is sacred -- meaning that each has inherent value that cannot be ranked in a hierarchy or compared to the...

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Betty Friedan: Aging is not...

Betty Friedan: Aging is not...

Aging is not 'lost youth' but a new stage of opportunity and strength.

Source: In...

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Mary Pettibone Poole: Experience is what...

Mary Pettibone Poole: Experience is what...

Experience is what you get looking for something else.

Source: A Glass Eye at a...

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Hermione Gingold: I got all...

Hermione Gingold: I got all...

I got all the schooling any actress needs. That is, I learned to write enough to sign...

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Joanna Baillie: O lovely Sisters!...

Joanna Baillie: O lovely Sisters!...

O lovely Sisters! is it true
That they are all inspired by you,
And write by inward magic charm'd,
And high...

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Charlotte Bronte: If you are...

Charlotte Bronte: If you are...

If you are cast in a different mould to the majority, it is no merit of yours: Nature did...

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Charlotte Bronte: Cheerfulness, it would...

Charlotte Bronte: Cheerfulness, it would...

Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within, as on the state...

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Lauren Bacall: I used to...

Lauren Bacall: I used to...

I used to tremble from nerves so badly that the only way I could hold my head steady was to lower my chin practically...

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Ruth Gordon: To get it...

Ruth Gordon: To get it...

To get it right, be born with luck or else make it. Never give up. Get the knack of getting people to help you and...

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Jacqueline Bisset: Character contributes to...

Jacqueline Bisset: Character contributes to...

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.

Source:...

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Ingrid Bergman: No form of...

Ingrid Bergman: No form of...

No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight of...

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Bette Midler: I wouldn't say...

Bette Midler: I wouldn't say...

I wouldn't say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high...

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