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Carry Nation: You have put...

Carry Nation: You have put...

You have put me in here a cub, but I will come out roaring like a lion, and I will make all hell...

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Charleszetta Waddles: . ....

Charleszetta Waddles: . ....

. . . I believe that you cannot go any further than you can think. I certainly believe if you don't desire a thing,...

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Betty Friedan: It is easier...

Betty Friedan: It is easier...

It is easier to live life through someone else than to become complete yourself.

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Virginia Woolf: On the outskirts...

Virginia Woolf: On the outskirts...

On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points.

Source:...

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Aimee Semple Mcpherson: What is my...

Aimee Semple Mcpherson: What is my...

What is my task? To get the gospel around the world in the shortest possible time to every man and woman and boy and...

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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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Rachel Carson: If a child...

Rachel Carson: If a child...

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share...

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Marianne Williamson: Joy is what...

Marianne Williamson: Joy is what...

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

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Sandra Day O'Connor: Slaying the dragon...

Sandra Day O'Connor: Slaying the dragon...

Slaying the dragon of delay is no sport for the short-winded.

Source: In The...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: Human beings do...

Mary Catherine Bateson: Human beings do...

Human beings do not eat nutrients, they eat food.

Source: With a Daughter's Eye,...

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Maria Montessori: The teacher must...

Maria Montessori: The teacher must...

The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must...

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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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Cornelia Otis Skinner: [T]he food choice...

Cornelia Otis Skinner: [T]he food choice...

[T]he food choice of others is becoming more and more heatedly exclusive until it may well turn into one of those...

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Joyce Brothers: Being taken for...

Joyce Brothers: Being taken for...

Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted person in another...

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Corazon Aquino: You have spent...

Corazon Aquino: You have spent...

You have spent many lives and much treasure to bring freedom to many lands that were reluctant to receive it. And here...

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Dianne Feinstein: Women have begun...

Dianne Feinstein: Women have begun...

Women have begun to see that if I go through that doorway, I take everybody through it.

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Shirley Chisholm: There is little...

Shirley Chisholm: There is little...

There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. ...

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Svetlana Alliluyeva: God grants an...

Svetlana Alliluyeva: God grants an...

God grants an easy death only to the just.

Source: Twenty Letters to a Friend,...

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Carol Moseley-Braun: If I lose,...

Carol Moseley-Braun: If I lose,...

If I lose, I'm going to retire from politics, practice law, and wear bright leather pants.

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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: I believe that...

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: I believe that...

I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word,...

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