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Hazel Scott: I think we...

Hazel Scott: I think we...

I think we musicians are emissaries. Every time we go before the public, we're there to make converts. We can either...

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Samuel Goldwyn: I was always...

Samuel Goldwyn: I was always...

I was always an independent, even when I had partners.

Source: In Webster's...

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Clifton Fadiman: One's first book,...

Clifton Fadiman: One's first book,...

One's first book, kiss, home run is always the best.

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Joan Didion: You have to...

Joan Didion: You have to...

You have to pick the places you don't walk away from.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Miriam Makeba: People in the...

Miriam Makeba: People in the...

People in the United States still have a 'Tarzan' movie view of Africa. That's because in the movies all you see are...

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Billie Holiday: If you think...

Billie Holiday: If you think...

If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, you're out of your mind. There are more kicks to be had in a good case...

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Billie Holiday: You can be...

Billie Holiday: You can be...

You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can...

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Kenny Rogers: Growing older is...

Kenny Rogers: Growing older is...

Growing older is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Elizabeth Dole: We have learned...

Elizabeth Dole: We have learned...

We have learned that power is a positive force if it is used for positive purposes.

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Jill Ruckelshaus: The family is...

Jill Ruckelshaus: The family is...

The family is the building block for whatever solidarity there is in society.

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Barbara Jordan: We must exchange...

Barbara Jordan: We must exchange...

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse -- what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of...

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Barbara Jordan: I felt somehow...

Barbara Jordan: I felt somehow...

I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through...

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Michelle Obama: It was one...

Michelle Obama: It was one...

It was one thing to get yourself out of a stuck place, I realized. It was another thing entirely to try and get the...

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Richard Nixon: I refuse to...

Richard Nixon: I refuse to...

I refuse to make a decision that somebody else can make. The first rule of leadership is to save yourself for the big...

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Boris Yeltsin: It is especially...

Boris Yeltsin: It is especially...

It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical: At such moments every new...

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Hubert H Humphrey: To err is...

Hubert H Humphrey: To err is...

To err is human. To blame someone else is politics.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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George Washington: Few men have...

George Washington: Few men have...

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Source: Letter, 17 Aug 1779,...

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George Washington: A slender acquaintance...

George Washington: A slender acquaintance...

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the...

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Bliss Carman: Whether it be...

Bliss Carman: Whether it be...

Whether it be to failure or success; the first need of being is endurance -- to endure with gladness if we can, with...

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Patricia Schroeder: Many women have...

Patricia Schroeder: Many women have...

Many women have more power than they recognize, and they're very hesitant to use it, for they fear they won't be...

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