Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.

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Every achievement, big or small, begins in your mind.

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I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives. ― Jane Austen

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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.

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You'd be amazed...at how few men have any women they can call upon to speak up for them, no matter how grave the consequences of remaining silent. ― Pearl Cleage

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You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters?

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The promise of equality is not the same as true equality. -- Sheryl Sandberg

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All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players - William Shakespeare

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What I wanted was for them to have a grand, sweeping narrative that they deserved, the kind of American history that belongs to the Wright Brothers and the astronauts, to Alexander Hamilton and Martin Luther King Jr. Not told as a separate history, but as part of the story we all know. Not at the margins, but at the very center, the protagonists of the drama. And not just because they are black, or because they are women, but because they are part of the American epic. -- Margot Lee Shetterly

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It is not possible for a man to be elegant without a touch of femininity.

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