Memorable Quotes - Page 11

• Love the moment and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries.

  Corita Kent

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.

  Coretta Scott King

  Believe, White, People

  "The Last Word : A Treasury of Women's Quotes" by Carolyn Warner, (p. 99), 1992.

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• The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.

  Ed Koch

  Success, Graduation, Education

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• For me, being memorable is more important than winning.

  Ricki Lake

  Winning, Important

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• Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.

  Ann Landers

  Funny, Motivational, Hilarious

  Quoted in Barbara Rowes, The Book of Quotes (1979)

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• The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Inspirational, Funny, Hope

  FaceBook post by Fran Lebowitz from Apr 24, 2010

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• The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Humorous, Drinking, Science

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• In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.

  Doris Lessing

  Learning, College, Law

  Doris May Lessing (1970). “Martha Quest: A Complete Novel”

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• Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh

  Coffee, Communication, Sleep

  "Gift from the Sea". Book by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1955.

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• The shiny red color of the soles has no function other than to identify to the public that they are mine. I selected the color because it is engaging, flirtatious, memorable, and the color of passion.

  Christian Louboutin

  Passion, Color, Red

  "Sole Mate" by Lauren Collins, www.newyorker.com. March 28, 2011.

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• You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die.

  Jack Ma

  Entrepreneur, Should, Alibaba

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• Most of us become parents long before we have stopped being children.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Time, Children, Parenting

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

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• I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.

  Golda Meir

  Time, Positivity, Management

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• Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.

  Golda Meir

  Funny, Birthday, Women

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

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• Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either.

  Golda Meir

  Love, Moving On, Break Up

  Interview with Oriana Fallaci, Ms. Magazine, April 1973.

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• It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.

  Anais Nin

  Inspirational, Life, Art

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• The vote means nothing to women. We should be armed.

  Edna O'Brien

  Women, Mean, Vote

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• If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.

  Cesare Pavese

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Travel

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• The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed.

  Claude Pepper

  Mistake, Thinking, Politics

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• People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.

  Abigail Van Buren

  Inspirational, Peace, Fighting

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• Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.

  Beatrix Potter

  Education, Learning, School

  Beatrix Potter (2005). “Beatrix Potter: Artist & Illustrator”, Frederick Warne Publishers

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• Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

  Ronald Reagan

  Wall, Europe, Government

  Remarks at Brandenburg Gate, West Berlin, Germany, 12 June 1987

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• We live in an era of globalization and the era of the woman. Never in the history of the world have women been more in control of their destiny.

  Oscar de la Renta

  Inspirational, Success, New Year

  Interview with Gwen Marder, www.foxnews.com. December 17, 2004.

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  Teaching was the hardest work I had ever done, and it remains the hardest work I have done to date.

  Ann Richards

  Education, Teaching, Diversity

  Ann Richards (2013). “Straight from the Heart”, p.98, Simon and Schuster

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  I hate housework! You make the beds, you do the dishes and six months later you have to start all over again.

  Joan Rivers

  Funny, Hilarious, Hate

  Quoted in Michele Brown and Ann O'Connor, Woman Talk (1984)

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