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Shirley Hufstedler: The rhythm of...

Shirley Hufstedler: The rhythm of...

The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the key to...

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: There is no...

Eleanor Holmes Norton: There is no...

There is no reason to repeat bad history.

Source: For Sadie and Maude, In...

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: The only way...

Eleanor Holmes Norton: The only way...

The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree...

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Queen Mother Elizabeth: The children will...

Queen Mother Elizabeth: The children will...

The children will not leave unless I do. I shall not leave unless their father does, and the King will not leave the...

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Barbara De Angelis: Men aren't the...

Barbara De Angelis: Men aren't the...

Men aren't the way they are because they want to drive women crazy; they've been trained to be that way for thousands...

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Mary McLeod Bethune: Next to God...

Mary McLeod Bethune: Next to God...

Next to God we are indebted
to women, first for life itself,
and then for making it
worth...

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Corrie Ten Boom: Forgiveness is an...

Corrie Ten Boom: Forgiveness is an...

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the...

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Betty Smith: The difference between...

Betty Smith: The difference between...

The difference between rich and poor is that the poor do everything with their own hands and the rich hire hands to do...

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Joanna Field: I came...

Joanna Field: I came...

I came to the conclusion then that continual mindfulness. . . must mean, not a sergeantmajor-like drilling of...

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Maria Montessori: If an educational...

Maria Montessori: If an educational...

If an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only one which tends to help toward the complete unfolding of...

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Rachel Carson: Beginnings are apt...

Rachel Carson: Beginnings are apt...

Beginnings are apt to be shadowy and so it is the beginnings of the great mother life, the...

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Andrea Dworkin: Male supremacy is...

Andrea Dworkin: Male supremacy is...

Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms...

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Martha Washington: I live a...

Martha Washington: I live a...

I live a very dull life here . . . indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything...

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Martha Washington: I am still...

Martha Washington: I am still...

I am still determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may be. . .

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Kathy Ireland: Modeling was another...

Kathy Ireland: Modeling was another...

Modeling was another job like some of the other ones I had. Working as a cashier, I delivered newspapers, I worked in...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Measure not the...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Measure not the...

Measure not the work
Until the day's out and the labour done,
Then bring your...

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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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Sandra Bernhard: On one side...

Sandra Bernhard: On one side...

On one side you have book burners, Congressional wives and Pat Robertson. On the other side, you have vulgar...

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Emily Post: Ideal conversation must...

Emily Post: Ideal conversation must...

Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings...

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Annie Elizabeth Delany: Turning one hundred...

Annie Elizabeth Delany: Turning one hundred...

Turning one hundred was the worst birthday of my life. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Turning 101 was not so...

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