Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants. — Coco Chanel

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I try to take it one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once. — Ashleigh Brilliant

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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.

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If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things. ― Plato, The Republic

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It is most heartening to learn that young men and women, in their late teens and twenties, are increasingly attracted to meditative prayer in the Presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. May all the faithful find in the Eucharist their source of strength and courage to imitate our Lady, totally open to his will in their daily lives. It is my hope that this devotion to Jesus in the Eucharist will spread to more and more parishes and dioceses across our nation. — John Joseph O'Connor

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All too often women believe it is a sign of commitment, an expression of love, to endure unkindness or cruelty, to forgive and forget. In actuality, when we love rightly we know that the healthy, loving response to cruelty and abuse is putting ourselves out of harm's way. ― Bell Hooks

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

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I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.

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There never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers.

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Life breaks all of us but some of us get stronger in the broken places.

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