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Maria Mitchell: We especially need...

Maria Mitchell: We especially need...

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and...

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Martina Navratilova: The moment of...

Martina Navratilova: The moment of...

The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.

Source:...

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Isabelle Eberhardt: For those who...

Isabelle Eberhardt: For those who...

For those who know the value of and exquisite taste of solitary freedom (for one is only free when alone), the act of...

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Mary Harris Mother Jones: Injustice boils in...

Mary Harris Mother Jones: Injustice boils in...

Injustice boils in men's hearts as does steel in its caldron, ready to pour forth, white hot, in the fullness of...

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Ruth Benedict: We grow in...

Ruth Benedict: We grow in...

We grow in time to trust the future for our answers.

Source: An Anthropologist at...

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Margaret Mead: I must admit...

Margaret Mead: I must admit...

I must admit I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: Ah! I shall...

Marie Anne du Deffand: Ah! I shall...

Ah! I shall repeat it endlessly, the only misfortune is to be born!

Source: In An...

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Isabelle Eberhardt: I am not...

Isabelle Eberhardt: I am not...

I am not afraid of death, but would not want to die in some obscure or pointless way.

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Marian Anderson: I always bear...

Marian Anderson: I always bear...

I always bear in mind that my mission is to leave behind me the kind of impression that will make it easier for those...

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Barbara McClintock: There is no...

Barbara McClintock: There is no...

There is no question that plants have [all] kinds of sensitivities. But just because they sit there, anybody walking...

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Maria Mitchell: When we are...

Maria Mitchell: When we are...

When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own...

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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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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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Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: In the past,...

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: In the past,...

In the past, few women have tried and even fewer have succeeded.

Source: In Words...

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Ella Baker: Because [our children]...

Ella Baker: Because [our children]...

Because [our children] had had the privilege of growing up where they'd raised a lot of food. They were never hungry....

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Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: We write our...

Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: We write our...

We write our own destiny; we become what we do.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Emily James Putnam: The selfishness that...

Emily James Putnam: The selfishness that...

The selfishness that a woman has learned to stifle or to dissemble where she alone is concerned, blooms freely and...

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Sylvia Ashton-Warner: The truth is...

Sylvia Ashton-Warner: The truth is...

The truth is that I am enslaved . . . in one vast love affair with 70 children.

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Suzanne K Langer: Art is the...

Suzanne K Langer: Art is the...

Art is the objectification of feeling.

Source: Mind, An Essay on Human Feeling,...

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Maya Angelou: There is a...

Maya Angelou: There is a...

There is a kind of strength that is almost frightening in black women. It's as if a steel rod runs right through the...

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