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Margaret Thatcher: Why do you...

Margaret Thatcher: Why do you...

Why do you climb philosophical hills? Because they are worth climbing . . . There are no hills to go down unless you...

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Nancy Astor: One reason why...

Nancy Astor: One reason why...

One reason why I don't drink is because I wish to know when I'm having a good time.

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Margaret Mead: I was brought...

Margaret Mead: I was brought...

I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the...

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Margaret Mead: Some veil between...

Margaret Mead: Some veil between...

Some veil between childhood and the present is necessary. If the veil is withdrawn, the artistic imagination sickens...

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Grace Murray Hopper: You cannot manage...

Grace Murray Hopper: You cannot manage...

You cannot manage men into battle. You manage things; you lead people.

Source: In...

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Hannah Arendt: Man cannot be...

Hannah Arendt: Man cannot be...

Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in his never...

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Grace Murray Hopper: If one ox...

Grace Murray Hopper: If one ox...

If one ox could not do the job they did not try to grow a bigger ox, but used two oxen. When we need greater computer...

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Annie Dillard: Appealing workplaces are...

Annie Dillard: Appealing workplaces are...

Appealing workplaces are to be avoided. One wants a room with no view, so imagination can meet memory in the...

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Barbara Bush: I think togetherness...

Barbara Bush: I think togetherness...

I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life. It's a cliche and we use it too much but I think...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: It is not...

Eleanor Roosevelt: It is not...

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

Source:...

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Ruth Benedict: I gambled on...

Ruth Benedict: I gambled on...

I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one for the world.

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Vicki Baum: A woman who...

Vicki Baum: A woman who...

A woman who is loved always has success.

Source: Grand Hotel, 1929.
-- Vicki...

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Diane Ravitch: The ladder was...

Diane Ravitch: The ladder was...

The ladder was there, from the gutter to the university, and for those stalwart enough to ascend it, the schools were...

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Freda Adler: There is another...

Freda Adler: There is another...

There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke...

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bell hooks: Being oppressed means...

bell hooks: Being oppressed means...

Being oppressed means the absence of choices.

Source: Feminist Theory, ch.1,...

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Sylvia Ashton-Warner: Love has the...

Sylvia Ashton-Warner: Love has the...

Love has the quality of informing almost everything -- even one's work.

Source:...

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Mary Ritter Beard: Beneath the surface...

Mary Ritter Beard: Beneath the surface...

Beneath the surface of civilian interests and capitalistic enterprise smoldered embers of the world's war spirit --...

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Nikki Giovanni: Mistakes are a...

Nikki Giovanni: Mistakes are a...

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to error that counts.

Source: Of...

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Marsha Norman: Success is always...

Marsha Norman: Success is always...

Success is always something that you have to recover from.

Source: Interviews with...

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Hannah Cowley: Every body about...

Hannah Cowley: Every body about...

Every body about me seem'd happy but every body seem'd in a hurry to be happy somewhere...

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