Famous women in history

A list of famous woman top 100 - famous quotes and historical photos.

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Author Profession: British Royalty
Born: 01.07.1961
Died: 31.08.1997

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Google: Princess Diana

Princess Diana

Family is the most important thing in the world.

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Author Profession: Indian Statesman
Born: 19.11.1917
Died: 31.10.1984

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Google: Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

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Author Profession: British Royalty
Born: 24.05.1819
Died: 22.01.1901

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Google: Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria

For a man to strike any women is most brutal, and I, as well as everyone else, think this far worse than any attempt to shoot, which, wicked as it is, is at least more comprehensible and more courageous.

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Author Profession: US Musician
Born: 16.08.1958
Died:

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Google: Madonna Ciccone

Madonna Ciccone

Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, dont judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family.

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Google: Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene

Mary of Magdala and sometimes The Magdalene, is a figure in Christianity

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Author Profession: Pakistani Leader
Born: 21.06.1953
Died: 27.12.2007

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Google: Benazir Bhutto

Benazir Bhutto

Democracy is the best revenge.

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Author Profession: US First Lady
Born: 28.07.1929
Died: 19.05.1994

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Google: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

A camel makes an elephant feel like a jet plane.

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Author Profession: Famous Egyptian Royalty
Born: 69 BC
Died: 12.08.30 BC

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Google: Cleopatra

Cleopatra

I will not be triumphed over.

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Author Profession: Famous French Saint
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Google: Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc

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.

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Author Profession: Famous US Actress
Born: 01.06.1926
Died: 05.08.1962

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Google: Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

Im selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, Im out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you cant handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell dont deserve me at my best.

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Author Profession: Albanian Leader
Born: 26.08.1910
Died: 05.09.1997

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Google: Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

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Author Profession: German Writer
Born: 12.06.1929
Died: 1945

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Google: Anne Frank

Anne Frank

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

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Author Profession: Belgian Actress
Born: 04.05.1929
Died: 20.01.1993

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Google: Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn

The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - its all that matters.

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Author Profession: Famous US Entertainer
Born: 29.01.1954
Died:

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Google: Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

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Author Profession: Famous US Actress
Born: 13.11.1955
Died:

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Google: Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg

I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. Thats exactly what Ive done.

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Author Profession: King of France
Born: 1124
Died: 31.03.1204

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Google: Eleanor of Aquitaine

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Court life for a queen of France at that time was, however, stultifyingly routine. Eleanor found that she was expected to be no more than a decorative asset to her husband, the mother of his heirs and the arbiter of good taste and modesty.

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Author Profession: US Politician
Born: 26.10.1947
Died:

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Google: Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton

Dignity does not come from avenging insults, especially from violence that can never be justified. It comes from taking responsibility and advancing our common humanity.

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Author Profession: Famous French Actress
Born: 28.09.1934
Died:

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Google: Brigitte Bardot

Brigitte Bardot

I say what I think and I think what I say.

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Author Profession: US First Lady
Born: 11.10.1884
Died: 07.11.1962

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Google: Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

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Author Profession: Famous French Designer
Born: 19.08.1883
Died: 10.01.1971

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Google: Coco Chanel

Coco Chanel

A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.

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Author Profession: English Leader
Born: 13.10.1925
Died: 08.04.2013

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Google: Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher

If you want something said, ask a man, if you want something done, ask a woman.

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Author Profession: Famous US Musician
Born: 04.09.1981
Died:

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Google: Beyonce Knowles

Beyonce Knowles

When you love and accept yourself, when you know who really cares about you, and when you learn from your mistakes, then you stop caring about what people who dont know you think.

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Author Profession: English Royalty
Born: 09.01.1982
Died:

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Google: Kate Middleton

Kate Middleton

Yes, well I really hope I can make a difference, even in the smallest way. I am looking forward to helping as much as I can.

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Author Profession: Dutch Dancer
Born: 07.08.1876
Died: 15.10.1917

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Google: Mata Hari

Mata Hari

The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word.

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Author Profession: English Author
Born: 31.07.1965
Died:

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Google: J. K. Rowling

J. K. Rowling

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.

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Author Profession: English Royalty
Born: 07.09.1533
Died: 24.03.1603

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Google: Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I

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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Author Profession: US Actress
Born: 12.11.1929
Died: 14.09.1982

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Google: Grace Kelly

Grace Kelly

Womens natural role is to be a pillar of the family.

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Author Profession: German Statesman
Born: 17.07.1954
Died:

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Google: Angela Merkel

Angela Merkel

Overcoming the Cold War required courage from the people of Central and Eastern Europe and what was then the German Democratic Republic, but it also required the steadfastness of Western partner over many decades when many had long lost hope of integration of the two Germanys and Europe.

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Author Profession: Swedish Actress
Born: 29.08.1915
Died: 29.08.1982

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Google: Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman

A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.

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Author Profession: Russian Royalty
Born: 21.04.1729
Died: 06.11.1796

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Google: Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great

A great wind is blowing and that either gives you imagination...or a headache.

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Author Profession: US Actress
Born: 04.06.1975

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Google: Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie

Without pain, there would be no suffering, without suffering we would never learn from our mistakes. To make it right, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, without it, there is no way of life.

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Author Profession: English Royalty
Born: 21.04.1926
Died:

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Google: Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II

First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good times and bad, she never lost her capacity to smile and laugh, nor to inspire others with her warmth and kindness. I admired and respected her - for her energy and commitment to others, and especially for her devotion to her two boys.

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Author Profession: US Musician
Born: 20.02.1988
Died:

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Google: Rihanna

Rihanna

Never a failure,always a lesson.

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Author Profession: US Comedian
Born: 26.01.1958
Died:

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Google: Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres

Accept who you are. Unless you're a serial killer.

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Author Profession: British Writer
Born: 16.12.1775
Died: 28.07.1817

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Google: Jane Austen

Jane Austen

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

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Author Profession: US Actress
Born: 22.11.1984
Died:

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Google: Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson

Its nice to have a crush on someone. It feels like youre alive, you know?

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Author Profession: US Musician
Born: 28.03.1986
Died:

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Google: Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga

Whether Im wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, Im always the same person inside.

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Author Profession: Spanish Saint
Born: 28.03.1515
Died: 04.10.1582

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Google: Saint Teresa of Avila

Saint Teresa of Avila

The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.

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Author Profession: Burmese Activist
Born: 19.06.1945
Died:

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Google: Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi

It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.

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Author Profession: US author
Born: 14.06.1811
Died: 01.07.1896

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Google: Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe

Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe

The longest way must have its close - the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.

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Author Profession: US Actress
Born: 17.08.1893
Died: 22.11.1980

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Google: Mae West

Mae West

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

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Author Profession: English Writer
Born: 15.09.1890
Died: 12.01.1976

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Google: Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

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Author Profession: English Activist
Born: 12.05.1820
Died: 13.08.1910

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Google: Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

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Author Profession: US Activist
Born: 15.02.1820
Died: 13.03.1906

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Google: Susan B. Anthony

Susan B. Anthony

I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.

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Author Profession: US Poet
Born: 10.12.1830
Died: 15.05.1886

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Google: Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

To love is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.

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Author Profession: French Royalty
Born: 02.11.1755
Died: 16.10.1793

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Google: Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

I was a queen, and you took away my crown, a wife, and you killed my husband, a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long.

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Author Profession: English Activist
Born: 14.07.1858
Died: 14.06.1928

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Google: Emmeline Pankhurst

Emmeline Pankhurst

We are here, not because we are law-breakers, we are here in our efforts to become law-makers.

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Author Profession: Polish Scientist
Born: 07.11.1867
Died: 04.07.1934

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Google: Marie Curie

Marie Curie

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

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Author Profession: Canadian Activist
Born: 14.03.1868
Died: 17.10.1933

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Google: Emily Murphy

Emily Murphy

This is courtship all the world over - the man all tongue, the woman all ears.

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Author Profession: Hungarian Actress
Born: 06.02.1917
Died:

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Google: Zsa Zsa Gabor

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Being jealous of a beautiful woman is not going to make you more beautiful.

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Author Profession: US Actress
Born: 05.04.1908
Died: 06.10.1989

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Google: Bette Davis

Bette Davis

There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.

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Author Profession:
Born: 03,.04.519?
Died: 05.01.1589

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Google: Catherine de Medici

Catherine de Medici

The truth is, not one of is innocent. We all have sins to confess.

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Author Profession: US Author
Born: 27.06.1880
Died: 01.06.1968

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Google: Helen Keller

Helen Keller

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

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Author Profession: English Novelist
Born: 30.07.1818
Died: 19.12.1848

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Google: Emily Bronte

Emily Bronte

I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas, they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind.

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Author Profession: French Musician
Born: 19.12.1915
Died: 11.10.1963

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Google: Edith Piaf

Edith Piaf

I think you have to pay for love with bitter tears.

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Author Profession: US Aviator
Born: 24.07.1898
Died: 02.07.1937

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Google: Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart

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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Author Profession: Russian First Lady of Soviet Union
Born: 05.01.1932
Died: 20.09.1999

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Google: Raisa Gorbachev

Raisa Gorbachev

Youth is, after all, just a moment, but it is the moment, the spark, that you always carry in your heart.

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Author Profession: US Actress
Born: 12.05.1907
Died: 29.06.2003

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Google: Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.

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Author Profession: US Musician
Born: 07.04.1915
Died: 17.07.1959

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Google: Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday

A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.

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Author Profession: US Actress
Born: 27.12.1901
Died: 06.05.1992

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Google: Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich

Glamour is what I sell, its my stock in trade.

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Author Profession: US Activist
Born: 04.02.1913
Died: 24.10.2005

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Google: Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

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Author Profession: French Actress
Born: 09.03.1964
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Google: Juliette Binoche

Juliette Binoche

What I love most about this crazy life is the adventure of it.

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Author Profession: Argentina
Born: 07.05.1919
Died: 26.07.1952

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Google: Maria Eva Duarte de Peron

Maria Eva Duarte de Peron

Even as a little girl I wanted to recite. It was as though I wished to say something to others, something important which I felt in my deepest heart.

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Author Profession: French Writer
Born: 09.01.1908
Died: 14.04.1986

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Google: Simone de Beauvoir

Simone de Beauvoir

Change your life today. Dont gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

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Author Profession: US Artist
Born: 18.02.1933
Died:

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Google: Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono

Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and youll start to see a big difference in your life.

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Author Profession: Australian Activist
Born: 29.01.1939
Died:

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Google: Germaine Greer

Germaine Greer

Women live lives of continual apology. They are born and raised to take the blame for other peoples behavior. If they are treated without respect, they tell themselves that they have failed to earn respect. If their husbands do not fancy them, it is because they are unattractive.

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Author Profession: English Writer
Born: 11.08.1897
Died: 28.11.1968

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Google: Enid Blyton

Enid Blyton

My work in books, films and talks lies almost wholly with children, and I have very little time to give to grown-ups.

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Author Profession: Famous US Actress
Born: 16.09.1924
Died: 12.08.2014

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Google: Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall

Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.

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Author Profession: English Celebrity
Born: 01.10.1935
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Google: Julie Andrews

Julie Andrews

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

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Author Profession: US Athlete
Born: 18.10.1956
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Google: Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova

The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved, the pig is committed.

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Author Profession: Russian Activist
Born: 05.03.1870
Died: 15.01.1919

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Google: Rosa Luxemburg

Rosa Luxemburg

Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.

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Author Profession: British Writer
Born: 27.04.1759
Died: 10.09.1797

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Google: Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.

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Author Profession: English Actress
Born: 27.02.1932
Died: 23.03.2011

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Google: Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

Im a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.

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Author Profession: British Celebrity
Born: 25.01.1882
Died: 28.03.1941

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Google: Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf

Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged, life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness to the end.

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Author Profession: Famous US Poet
Born: 04.04.1928
Died: 28.05.2014

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Google: Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou

Try to be a rainbow in someones cloud.

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Author Profession: English Businesswoman
Born: 23.10.1942
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Google: Anita Roddick

Anita Roddick

If you think youre too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito.

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Author Profession: English Novelist
Born: 09.07.1901
Died: 21.05.2000

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Google: Barbara Cartland

Barbara Cartland

Among men, sex sometimes results in intimacy; among women, intimacy sometimes results in sex.

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Author Profession: Famous Musician
Born: 02.02.1977
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Google: Shakira

Shakira

I thank God that Im a product of my parents. That they infected me with their intelligence and energy for life, with their thirst for knowledge and their love. Im grateful that I know where I come from.

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Author Profession: Russian Dancer
Born: 31.01.1882
Died: 23.01.1931

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Google: Anna Pavlova

Anna Pavlova

God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius.

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Author Profession: English Author
Born: 28.07.1866
Died: 22.12.1943

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Google: Beatrix Potter

Beatrix Potter

It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is soporific.

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Author Profession: Famous Greek Poet
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Google: Sappho

Sappho

Would Jove appoint some flower to reign, in matchless beauty on the plain, the Rose (mankind will all agree). The Rose the queen of flowers should be.

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Author Profession: Famous US Athlete
Born: 26.09.1981
Died:

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Google: Serena Williams

Serena Williams

Ive had to learn to fight all my life - got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.

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Author Profession: US Athlete
Born: 22.11.1943
Died:

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Google: Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.

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Author Profession: Russian Celebrity
Born: 19.04.1987
Died:

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Google: Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova

Its easy to impress me. I dont need a fancy party to be happy. Just good friends, good food, and good laughs. Im happy. Im satisfied. Im content.

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Author Profession: US Activist
Born: 12.11.1815
Died: 26.10.1902

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Google: Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The best protection any woman can have... is courage.

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Author Profession: Romanian Athlete
Born: 12.11.1961
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Google: Nadia Comaneci

Nadia Comaneci

I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives.

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Author Profession: Pakistani Activist
Born: 12.07.1997
Died:

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Google: Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai

I speak not for myself but for those without voice... those who have fought for their rights... their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated.

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Author Profession: US Athlete
Born: 21.12.1954
Died:

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Google: Chris Evert

Chris Evert

To be a tennis champion, you have to be inflexible. You have to be stubborn. You have to be arrogant. You have to be selfish and self-absorbed. Kind of tunnel vision almost.

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Author Profession: Irish Activist
Born: 22.05.1943
Died:

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Google: Betty Williams

Betty Williams

Peace in the world is everybodys business, no matter where you live or what you do.

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Author Profession: Yugoslavian Athlete
Born: 02.12.1973
Died:

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Google: Monica Seles

Monica Seles

Tennis has to become everything to you if youre going to make it to the top. You have to live it.

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Author Profession: Chilean Poet
Born: 07.04.1889
Died: 10.01.1957

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Google: Gabriela Mistral

Gabriela Mistral

Many things we need can wait. The child cannot. Now is the time his bones are formed, his mind developed. To him we cannot say tomorrow, his name is today.

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Author Profession: English Scientist
Born: 03.04.1934
Died:

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Google: Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall

Its been proven by quite a few studies that plants are good for our psychological development. If you green an area, the rate of crime goes down. Torture victims begin to recover when they spend time outside in a garden with flowers. So we need them, in some deep psychological sense, which I dont suppose anybody really understands yet.

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Author Profession: Israeli Leader
Born: 03.05.1898
Died: 08.12.1978

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Google: Golda Meir

Golda Meir

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

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Author Profession: English Novelist
Born: 13.05.1907
Died: 19.04.1989

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Google: Daphne du Maurier

Daphne du Maurier

Women want love to be a novel, men a short story.

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Author Profession: US Businesswoman
Born: 07.01.1907
Died: 24.04.2004

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Google: Estee Lauder

Estee Lauder

I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.

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Author Profession: Kenyan Activist
Born: 01.04.1940
Died:

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Google: Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai

Thats the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree. And so I got an indigenous tree, called Nandi flame, it has this beautiful red flowers. When it is in flower it is like it is in flame.

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Author Profession: Iranian Lawyer
Born: 21.06.1947
Died:

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Google: Shirin Ebadi

Shirin Ebadi

Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization.