“My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people – those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.” - Indira Gandhi
Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 78.
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Monday, November 29, 2021
Life, Lived, Support Yourself, Interesting, Katharine Hepburn
“Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around wondering about yourself.” - Katharine Hepburn
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 22.
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 22.
Sunday, November 28, 2021
Writing, Making Money, Getting Famous, Enriching the Lives, Stephen King
“Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it's about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well. It's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Found in Goodreads at Stephen King quotes.
Found in Goodreads at Stephen King quotes.
Saturday, November 27, 2021
Adventure, Worthwhile, Amelia Earhart
“Adventure is worthwhile in itself.” - Amelia Earhart
Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 38.
Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 38.
Friday, November 26, 2021
Woman, Child, Man, Raising, Gloria Steinem
“If a woman spends a year bearing and nursing a child, why isn't a man responsible for spending half the time plus another year raising a child? Logic is in the eye of the logician.” - Gloria Steinem
Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 19.
Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 19.
Thursday, November 25, 2021
Face, Sunshine, Shadows, Walt Whitman
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.” ― Walt Whitman
Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1438.Walt_Whitman.
Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1438.Walt_Whitman.
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
No Matter the Fight, Ladylike, Mary "Mother" Jones
"No matter the fight, don't be ladylike! God almighty made women and the Rockefeller gang of thieves made the ladies." - Militant labor organizer Mary "Mother" Jones, one mean maternal unit to mess with.
(Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, compiled by Autumn Stephens.)
(Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, compiled by Autumn Stephens.)
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