"Every woman who vacates a place in the teachers' ranks and enters an unusual line of work, does two excellent things: she makes room for someone waiting for a place and helps to open a new vocation for herself and other women."

-- Frances E. Willard

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“I was once walking in an airport and a woman came up to me and said, 'Be zany!'. That'd be like walking up to Baryshikov and going, 'Plie! Just do a plie! Do it! Do a releve right now! Lift my wife!'”
“Social media is the empowerment of the individual at the expense of the system.”
“The wise use of leisure, it must be conceded, is a product of civilization and education.”
“Rowing it was pointed out, was a sport that risked few injuries. So it was, I ould discover, but only if you did it right.”
“Greed has driven the world crazy. And I think I'm lucky that I have a place over here that I can call home.”
“Regularity chauvinists are people who insist that you have got to do the same thing every time, every day, which drives some of us nuts. Attention Deficit Disorder - we need a more positive term for that. Hummingbird mind, I should think.”
“I believe that States should be credited for their non-Federal investment in revenue-generating transportation facilities to address their regional transportation needs.”
“I sleep better knowing that a naked cork-eater is not sneaking around at night, stealing my underwear.”

Source : Maureen Johnson (2005). “The Bermudez Triangle”, p.70, Penguin

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