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Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a c...

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Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and ablities were used in a way that ...

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If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.

Men know that women are an overmatch for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or the most ign...

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Samuel JohnsonA Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

Boredom is the conviction that you can't change ... the shriek of unused capacities.

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Saul BellowThe Adventures of Augie March

Women have sat indoors all these millions of years, so that by this time the very walls are permeate...

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Dr. Watson's summary list of Sherlock Holmes's strengths and weaknesses:"1. Knowledge of Literature:...

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Don’t grieve when people fail to recognize your ability. Grieve for your lack of ability instead.

Once lay down the rule that the job comes first and you throw that job open to every individual, man...

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Dorothy L. SayersAre Women Human? Astute and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society

What'll Geoffrey do when you pull off your First, my child?" demanded Miss Ha

Wherever you find a great man, you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him -- o...

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The rule seemed to be that a great woman must either die unwed ... or find a still greater man to ma...

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Do you know how to pick a lock?""Not in the least, I'm afraid.""I often wonder what we go to school ...

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It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

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J. K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets