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Carrie Chapman Catt

"To get that word, male, out of the Constitution, cost the women of this country fifty-two years of pauseless campaign; 56 state referendum campaigns; 480 legislative campaigns to get state suffrage amendments submitted; 47 state constitutional convention campaigns; 277 state party convention campaigns; 30 national party convention campaigns to get suffrage planks in the party platforms; 19 campaigns with 19 successive Congresses to get the federal amendment submitted, and the final ratification campaign."

-- Carrie Chapman Catt

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“Be willing to take some risks in the areas of work and money. If we do only what we think we should do in order to make money and be secure, we won't listen to the intuitive voice that tells us to try something new, to be more creative, or to move on to the next step on our path. When we listen to our intuition and take some risks, we are not alone. The universe will support us and reward us for taking risks on its behalf!”
“The poet dreams of the classroom I dreamed I stood up in class And I said aloud: Teacher, Why is algebra important? Sit down, he said. Then I dreamed I stood up And I said: Teacher, Iâ€™m weary of the turkeys That we have to draw every fall. May I draw a fox instead? Sit down, he said. Then I dreamed I stood up once more and said: Teacher, My heart is falling asleep And it wants to wake up. It needs to be outside. Sit down, he said.”
“A happy man has no past, while an unhappy man has nothing else.”

Source : Richard Flanagan (2014). “The Narrow Road to the Deep North: A novel”, p.14, Vintage
“Friends do everything they can to protect each other." --Polly”
“Humor is not a postscript or an incidental afterthought; it is a serious and weighty part of the world's economy. One feels increasingly the height of the faculty in which it arises, the nobility of things associated with it, and the greatness of services it renders.”
“Coaching sets the pace to get the best out of others while giving the best of yourself.”
“Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.”
“Tuberculosis, starvation, fatigue, and there are many who have no desire to live.”

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