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Sylvia Plath. Interesting poetess whose tragic suicide was misinterpreted as romantic by the college-girl mentality.
I think there was the studio mentality for a long time that women and girls can relate to a male hero, but boys and men can't relate to a female hero.
Jennifer Lawrence
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
Harriet Tubman
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
William Ellery Channing
You must do the things you think you cannot do.
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It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.
Baron de Montesquieu
Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer.
Baron de Montesquieu
In the matter of dress one should always keep below one's ability.
Baron de Montesquieu
I should like to abolish funerals; the time to mourn a person is at his birth, not his death.
Baron de Montesquieu
Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.
Baron de Montesquieu