Famous Women Quotes - Page 7

• Numbers have life; they’re not just symbols on paper.

  Shakuntala Devi

  Life, Numbers, Paper

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  Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Love, Funny, Relationship

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• You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.

  Mary Pickford

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Why Not Try God?", Chapter 6 (newspaper serial) in St. Petersburg Times, sect. 2, p. 3, news.google.com. January 25, 1936.

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• When one acts on pity against justice, it is the good whom one punishes for the sake of the evil; when one saves the guilty from suffering, it is the innocent whom one forces to suffer. There is no escape from justice, nothing can be unearned and unpaid for in the universe, neither in matter nor in spirit—and if the guilty do not pay, then the innocent have to pay it.

  Ayn Rand

  Evil, Justice, Suffering

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.434, Hamilton Books

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• You seek escape from pain. We seek the achievement of happiness. You exist for the sake of avoiding punishment. We exist for the sake of earning rewards. Threats will not make us function; fear is not our incentive. It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live

  Ayn Rand

  Life, Happiness, Death

  Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.109, Penguin

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• You don't have to see through the eyes of others, hold onto yours, stand on your own judgment, you know that what is, is–say it aloud, like the holiest of prayers, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

  Ayn Rand

  Prayer, Eye, Knowing

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.680, Hamilton Books

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• The truths of the Judaic-Christian tradition, are infinitely precious, not only, as I believe, because they are true, but also because they provide the moral impulse which alone can lead to that peace, in the true meaning of the word, for which we all long. . . . There is little hope for democracy if the hearts of men and women in democratic societies cannot be touched by a call to something greater than themselves.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Faith, Christian, Hope

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• Imagine the clouds dripping Dig a hole in your garden to put them in

  Yoko Ono

  Garden, Clouds, Singers

  Twitter post from Jun 14, 2015

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  Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Inspirational, Heartbreak

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

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• It is simply this: do not tire, never lose interest, never grow indifferent—lose your invaluable curiosity and you let yourself die. It's as simple as that.

  Tove Jansson

  Life, Simple, Curiosity

  Tove Jansson (2007). “Fair Play: A Novel”, Sort of

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• I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Love, Inspiring, Honesty

  Marilyn Monroe, Roger G. Taylor (1983). “Marilyn Monroe in her own words”, Putnam Pub Group

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• There are no ugly women, only lazy ones.

  Helena Rubinstein

  Funny, Beauty, Beautiful

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• I do not think that we have a “right” to happiness. If happiness happens, say thanks.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Happiness, Happy, Thank You

  "Marlene Dietrich's ABC: Wit, Wisdom, & Recipes".

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  If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.

  Peace Pilgrim

  Inspirational, Positive, Trust

  Peace Pilgrim (1992). “Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words”, p.80, Friends of Peace PIlgrim

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• I'm tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Strong Women, Memorable, Feminist Art

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.

  Anna Quindlen

  Confidence, Letting Go, Being Yourself

  Anna Quindlen (2009). “Being Perfect”, p.15, Random House

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• The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

  Alice Walker

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that's me.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  "Phenomenal Woman" l. 6 (1978)

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• If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you.

  Hillary Clinton

  Inspiring, Strong Women, Empowerment

  "Living History".

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• Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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• If you don't risk anything you risk everything

  Mark Zuckerberg

  Motivational, Strong Women, Hippie

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• To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, to be needed and wanted by those we love, is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness.

  Mary, Queen of Scots

  Happiness, Being Happy, You Make Me Happy

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• The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

  Ayn Rand

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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

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• A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.

  Coco Chanel

  Beauty, Girl, Strong Women

  "The Gospel According to Coco Chanel : Life Lessons from the World's Most Elegant Woman". Book by Karen Karbo, 2009.

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• If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Inspirational, Funny, Wise

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

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