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Florence Griffith Joyner: When anyone tells...

Florence Griffith Joyner: When anyone tells...

When anyone tells me I can't do anything. I'm just not listening any more.

Source:...

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Marie Curie: Life is not...

Marie Curie: Life is not...

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We...

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Carolyn Heilbrun: Ideas move rapidly...

Carolyn Heilbrun: Ideas move rapidly...

Ideas move rapidly when their time comes.

Source: Toward a Recognition of...

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Elizabeth Fry: I wish the...

Elizabeth Fry: I wish the...

I wish the state of enthusiasm I am now in may last, for today I FELT there is a God. I have been devotional and my...

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Sojourner Truth: I am not...

Sojourner Truth: I am not...

I am not going to die, I'm going home like a shooting star.

Source: c. 1883, in...

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Mary Kay Ash: So many women...

Mary Kay Ash: So many women...

So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the...

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Beverly Sills: A happy woman...

Beverly Sills: A happy woman...

A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is one who has cares but doesn't let them get her...

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Marilyn Horne: You have to...

Marilyn Horne: You have to...

You have to know exactly what you want out of your career. If you want to be a star, you don't bother with other...

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Greta Garbo: Every one of...

Greta Garbo: Every one of...

Every one of us lives his life just once; if we are honest, to live once is enough.

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Betty Grable: I'm a song...

Betty Grable: I'm a song...

I'm a song and dance girl. I can act enough to get by. But that's the limit of my talents.

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Wilma Pearl Mankiller: I want to...

Wilma Pearl Mankiller: I want to...

I want to be remembered as the person who helped us restore faith in ourselves.

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Joanna Baillie: Pampered vanity is...

Joanna Baillie: Pampered vanity is...

Pampered vanity is a better thing perhaps than starved pride.

Source: The Family...

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Jessie Redmon Fauset: She thought then...

Jessie Redmon Fauset: She thought then...

She thought then of black people . . . . And she saw them as a people powerfully, almost overwhelmingly endowed with...

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Alice Childress: I'm independent as...

Alice Childress: I'm independent as...

I'm independent as a hog on ice and a hog on ice is dead, cold, well-preserved and don't need a mother'grabbin,...

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Alice Paul: I always feel...

Alice Paul: I always feel...

I always feel the movement is a sort of mosaic. Each of us puts in one little stone, and then you get a great mosaic...

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Etty Hillesum: One must also...

Etty Hillesum: One must also...

One must also accept that one has uncreative moments. The more honestly one can accept that, the quicker these moments...

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Hannah Arendt: Revolutionaries do not...

Hannah Arendt: Revolutionaries do not...

Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and...

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Grace Murray Hopper: At any given...

Grace Murray Hopper: At any given...

At any given moment, there is always a line representing what your boss will believe. If you step over it, you will...

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Joan L Curcio: Violence in the...

Joan L Curcio: Violence in the...

Violence in the schools: How to proactively prevent and defuse it.

Source: Book...

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Freda Adler: Major social movements....

Freda Adler: Major social movements....

Major social movements. . . eventually fade into the landscape not because they have diminished but because they have...

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