From Cleopatra With Love

"Let us pick up our books and pens. They are the most powerful weapons." - Malala Yousafzai

I never want to be called the funniest Indian female comedian that exists. I feel like I can go head-to-head with the best white, male comedy writers that are out there. Why would I want to self-categorize myself into a smaller group than I'm able to compete in? -- Mindy Kaling

Doing nothing while the middle class is hurting. That's not leadership. Loose regulations and lax enforcement. That's not leadership. That's abandoning our middle class. -  Kamala Harris, first female African American Attorney General of California

You never know the biggest day of your life is your biggest day, not until it’s happening. You don’t recognize the biggest day of your life, not until you’re right in the middle of it. The day you commit to something or someone. The day you get your heart broken. The day you meet your soul mate. The day you realize there’s not enough time because you wanna live forever. Those are the biggest days. The perfect days. - Shonda Rhimes, creator of Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice

The truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it. - Pearl S. Buck, Nobel Prize in Literature for The Good Earth

- Jeffrey Immelt in Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential 2013

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- Tina Fey at the Center for Reproductive Rights Inaugural Gala

I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do. - Georgia O' Keeffe

Clouds and darkness surround us, yet Heaven is just, and the day of triumph will surely come, when justice and truth will be vindicated. Our wrongs will be made right, and we will once more taste the blessings of freedom, of which the degraded rebels would deprive us. - Mary Todd Lincoln

I don't set out to offend or shock, but I also don't do anything to avoid it. - Sarah Silverman

Ann E. Dunwoody - The first woman to serve as a 4-Star General both the Army and the U.S. Armed Services. 

"I did my best, and God did the rest." - Hattie McDaniel, first African American woman to win an Academy Award

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. - Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta

"Not being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome." - Golda Meir

"Reach for the stars." - Christa McAuliffe

- Maya Angelou