Iconic Women
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Diana, Princess of Wales 1961-1997"Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you." |
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Florence Nightingale 1820-1910 "You ask me why I do not write something.... I think one's feelings waste themselves in words, they ought all to be distilled into actions and into actions which bring results. " |
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Mother Teresa 1910-1997"Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action. " |
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Benazir Bhutto 1953"I have found that those who do achieve peace never acquiesce to obstacles, especially those constructed of bigotry, intolerance, and inflexible tradition." View: Biography Benazir Bhutto |
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Oprah Winfrey 1954"The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams." View: Biography Oprah Winfrey |
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Madonna 1958 –"If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you're always going to be disappointed." - Madonna |
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Marilyn Monroe 1926-1962"I don't want to make money, I just want to be wonderful. " |
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Anne Frank 1929-1945“Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.” |
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Sappho -570BC"What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful. |
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Eva Peron 1919-1952" I have one thing that counts, and that is my heart; it burns in my soul, it aches in my flesh, and it ignites my nerves: that is my love for the people and Peron." |
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Cleopatra 69 -30 BC
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Mary Magdalene 4 BC - 40AD
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Boudicca 1st Century AD |
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Hildegard of Bingen 1098-1179"There is the Music of Heaven in all things and we have forgotten how to hear it until we sing." |
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Joan of Arc 1412-1431"One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying. View: Biography Joan of Arc |
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Mirabai 1498-1565"Don't forget love; it will bring all the madness you need to unfurl yourself across the universe." |
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St Teresa of Avila 1515-1582"Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee: All thing pass; God never changes." |
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Elizabeth I 1533-1603"There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, which causes us to leave the world, and seek God." |
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Catherine the Great 1729-1796"A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache. " |
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Mary Wollstonecraft 1759-1797"If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of women, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test. " |
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Jane Austen 1775-1817"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature." (Northanger Abbey) View: Biography - Jane Austen |
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Billie Jean King 1943“I thought it would set us back 50 years if I didn't win that match. It would ruin the women's tour and affect all women's self esteem.” (on tennis match dubbed - Battle of Sexes) |
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Harriet Beecher Stowe 1811-1896" If women want any rights they had better take them, and say nothing about it " |
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Queen Victoria 1819-1901"I love peace and quiet, I hate politics and turmoil. We women are not made for governing, and if we are good women, we must dislike these masculine occupations. There are times which force one to take interest in them, and I do, of course intensely" Biography Queen Victoria |
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Susan B. Anthony 1820-1906"Men - their rights and nothing more; Women - their rights and nothing less. " |
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Emily Dickinson 1830 – 1886"If I can stop one heart from breaking, |
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Emmeline Pankhurst 1858-1928"We are here to claim our rights as women, not only to be free, but to fight for freedom. It is our privilege, as well as our pride and our joy, to take some part in this militant movement, which, as we believe, means the regeneration of all humanity. " |
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Marie Curie 1867-1934"Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. " View: Biography of Marie Curie |
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Rosa Luxemburg 1870-1919"Freedom only for the members of the government, only for the members of the Party though they are quite numerous is no freedom at all. Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters." |
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Coco Chanel 1883-1971"Fashion has become a joke. The designers have forgotten that there are women inside the dresses. Most women dress for men and want to be admired. But they must also be able to move, to get into a car without bursting their seams!" View: Coco Chanel |
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Eleanor Roosevelt 1884-1962"Women are like teabags; you never know how strong they are until they're put in hot water." Eleanor Roosevelt |
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Amelia Earhart 1897-1937"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward. " |
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Katharine Hepburn 1907-2003 "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." |
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Dorothy Hodgkin 1910-1994Awarded the Nobel prize for chemistry Dorothy Hodgkin work on critical discoveries of the structure of both penicillin and later insulin. These discoveries led to significant improvements in health care. An outstanding chemist Dorothy also devoted a large section of her life to the peace movement and promoting nuclear disarmament. |
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Rosa Parks 1913-2005"I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people. " |
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35. Billie Holiday 1915-1959"If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling. No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music." |
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Indira Gandhi 1917-1984"There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there. " |
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Betty Frieden 1921-2006"The only way for a woman, as for a man, to find herself, to know herself as a person, is by creative work of her own. There is no other way. " |
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Audrey HepburnFor beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone. |
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Germaine Greer 1939-"Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married " View: Biography Germaine Greer |
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Betty Williams 1943We should stop worshipping flags and respect the people, remember the people and forget the flags. View: Biography Betty Williams |
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| Hilary Clinton |