Famous Women Quotes - Page 5

• An honest man is one who knows that he can't consume more than he has produced.

  Ayn Rand

  Honesty, Men, Novelists

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.314, Hamilton Books

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• Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.

  Oprah Winfrey

  New Year, Cheer, New Beginnings

  FaceBook post by Oprah Winfrey from Jan 03, 2012

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• All the money in the world doesn't mean a thing if you don't have time to enjoy it.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Happiness, Inspiring

  Oprah Winfrey, Janet Lowe (1998). “Oprah Winfrey speaks: insight from the world's most influential voice”, John Wiley & Sons

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• Those who tell you that man is unable to perceive a reality undistorted by his senses, mean that they are unwilling to perceive a reality undistorted by their feelings. "Things as they are" are things as perceived by your mind; divorce them from reason and they become "things as perceived by your wishes.

  Ayn Rand

  Mean, Divorce, Reality

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.791, Hamilton Books

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• Truth is the recognition of reality; reason, man's only means of knowledge, is his only standard of truth.

  Ayn Rand

  Truth, Knowledge, Mean

  Ayn Rand (1999). “Ayn Rand Reader”, p.260, Penguin

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• Men are nicotine soaked, beer besmirched, whiskey greased, red-eyed devils.

  Carrie Nation

  Drinking, Beer, Men

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• God has given me the bread of adversity and the water of trouble.

  Anne Askew

  God, Adversity, Water

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• Serenity comes from the ability to say “Yes” to existence. Courage comes from the ability to say “No” to the wrong choices made by others.

  Ayn Rand

  Courage, Choices Made, Bravery

  Ayn Rand (1984). “Philosophy: Who Needs It”, p.34, Penguin

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• I decided blacks should not have to experience the difficulties I had faced, so I decided to open a flying school and teach other black women to fly.

  Bessie Coleman

  Women, School, Flying

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• If you allow yourself to breathe into the depth, wonder, beauty, craziness, and strife everything that represents the fullness of your life you can live fearlessly. Because you come to realize that if you just keep breathing, you cannot be conquered

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Beauty, Breathing

  FaceBook post by Oprah Winfrey from Aug 26, 2011

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• I question the negative connotations of fabric, of ribbon, of lace. I turn these symbols of our imprisonment around.

  Miriam Schapiro

  Art, Quilts, Women

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• Facials are my biggest beauty indulgence. Looking good is about having a good base. It's about taking care of your skin.

  Halle Berry

  Inspirational, Beauty, Skins

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• It doesn't matter how old you are, or what you do in your life, you never stop needing your mom.

  Kate Winslet

  Inspirational, Life, Mom

  "Kate Winslet's Emmy Acceptance Speech: You Never Stop Needing Your Mom!" By Rosemary Brennan, www.glamour.com. September 19, 2011.

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• Whenever you can't think of something to be grateful for, remember your breath. With each breath you take, you can say, 'I'm still here.' Make each day a holiday of thankfulness -and give yourself the gift of gratitude!

  Oprah Winfrey

  Gratitude, Appreciation, Grateful

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  For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women.

  Elizabeth Blackwell

  Women, Learning, Class

  Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell (2016). “Medicine as a Profession for Women”, p.15, Library of Alexandria

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• Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Birthday, Beautiful, Art

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• There are five stages in the life of an actor: Who's Mary Astor? Get me Mary Astor. Get me a Mary Astor type. Get me a young Mary Astor. Who's Mary Astor?

  Mary Astor

  Funny, Actresses, Cinema

  A Life on Film ch. 14 (1967)

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• When men lose against me, they always have a headache ... or things of that kind. I have never beaten a completely healthy man!

  Susan Polgar

  Funny, Women, Humorous

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• Some day, the world will discover that, without thought, there can be no love.

  Ayn Rand

  Love, Life, Thinking

  Ayn Rand (1999). “The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution”, p.95, Penguin

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• Feminism means revolution and I am a revolutionist.

  Frances Perkins

  Mean, Feminist, Feminism

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  God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there?

  Whitney Houston

  God, Voice, Singing

  "Whitney Houston: Return of the troubled diva" by Oliver Marre, www.theguardian.com. September 19, 2009.

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• It [prejudice] is such a waste. It makes you logy and half-alive. It gives you nothing. It takes away.

  Dorothy Dandridge

  Giving, Prejudice, Half

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I want to be remembered as someone who put India on the scientific map of the world in terms of large innovation. I want to be remembered for making a difference to global healthcare. And I want to be remembered as someone who did make a difference to social economic development in India.

  Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

  Differences, Entrepreneur, Innovation

  "$800 million biotech business started in a garage" by Becky Anderson, www.cnn.com. November 15, 2012.

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• I didn't lose the gold. I won the silver.

  Michelle Kwan

  Positive, Sports, Winning

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• To fear to face an issue is to believe that the worst is true.

  Ayn Rand

  Fear, Believe, Issues

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.808, Hamilton Books

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