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The voice of a whole people goes up in the silent workings of an institution.


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Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare.

Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare.



Women, like men, must be educated with a view to action, or their studies cannot be called education.

Women, like men, must be educated with a view to action, or their studies cannot be called education.



I certainly had no idea how little faith Christians have in their own faith till I saw how ill their courage and temper can stand any attack on it.

I certainly had no idea how little faith Christians have in their own faith till I saw how ill their courage and temper can stand any attack on it.



Marriage ... is still the imperfect institution it must remain while women continue to be ill-educated, passive, and subservient.

Marriage ... is still the imperfect institution it must remain while women continue to be ill-educated, passive, and subservient.



You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.

You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.



The imagination, once awakened, must and will work, and ought to work

The imagination, once awakened, must and will work, and ought to work



My own feeling of concern arises from seeing how much moral injury and suffering is created by the superstitions of the Christian mythology.

My own feeling of concern arises from seeing how much moral injury and suffering is created by the superstitions of the Christian mythology.



It is hard to tell which is worse; the wide diffusion of things that are not true, or the suppression of things that are true.

It is hard to tell which is worse; the wide diffusion of things that are not true, or the suppression of things that are true.



it matters infinitely less what we do than what we are.

it matters infinitely less what we do than what we are.



I saw no poor men, except a few intemperate ones. I saw some very poor women; but God and man know that the time has not come for women to make their injuries even heard of.

I saw no poor men, except a few intemperate ones. I saw some very poor women; but God and man know that the time has not come for women to make their injuries even heard of.





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I want all hellions to quit puffing that hell fume in God's clean air.

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Overcoming the obstacle of my diabetes diagnosis was something that forced me tackle the challenge head-on and, with an amazing support system, eventually come out stronger.

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Black college-educated people got to where they are on the backs of domestic help, meaning their parents and grandparents. So people should not forget how they got to where they are.

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My work's never been accepted by my family, but it's something I'll always carry on with.

My work's never been accepted by my family, but it's something I'll always carry on with.



Our family has lived in Iran for 2,500 years, and Iranian Jewry has the long history in that land.

Our family has lived in Iran for 2,500 years, and Iranian Jewry has the long history in that land.



There's one form of bigotry that is still acceptable in America - that's the bigotry against the successful.

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That I happened to fall into a career that no other girls wanted isn't surprising to me. I wanted something that didn't exist, so I had to create it.

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Guard against that vanity which courts a compliment, or is fed by it.

Guard against that vanity which courts a compliment, or is fed by it.




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