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bell hooks: Being oppressed means...

bell hooks: Being oppressed means...

Being oppressed means the absence of choices.

Source: Feminist Theory, ch.1,...

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Dorothy L Sayers: A human being...

Dorothy L Sayers: A human being...

A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.

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Martha Wright Griffiths: If you are...

Martha Wright Griffiths: If you are...

If you are trying to run a whorehouse in the sky, then get a license.

Source: In...

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Edith Clara Summerskill: I learned that...

Edith Clara Summerskill: I learned that...

I learned that economics was not an exact science and that the most erudite men would analyze the economic ills of the...

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Queen Mother Elizabeth: I would not...

Queen Mother Elizabeth: I would not...

I would not want it to be though that I had lived for all these years without having anything to show for...

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Nancy Astor: Real education should...

Nancy Astor: Real education should...

Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: The human mind...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: The human mind...

The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.

Source: In...

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Jeanne-Marie Roland: People who know...

Jeanne-Marie Roland: People who know...

People who know how to employ themselves, always find leisure moments, while those who do nothing are forever in a...

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Carry Nation: If you don't...

Carry Nation: If you don't...

If you don't do it, then the women of this state will do it . . . You refused me the vote and I had to use a...

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Lucy Stone: I know not...

Lucy Stone: I know not...

I know not what you believe of God, but I believe He gave yearnings and longings to be filled, and that He did not...

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Babe Didrikson Zaharias: It's not just...

Babe Didrikson Zaharias: It's not just...

It's not just enough to swing at the ball. You've got to loosen your girdle and let 'er...

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Grace Speare: When you think...

Grace Speare: When you think...

When you think something, you think in picture. You don't think a thought in words. You think a picture that expresses...

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Peace Pilgrim: Make food a...

Peace Pilgrim: Make food a...

Make food a very incidental part of your life by filling your life so full of meaningful things that you'll hardly...

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Mary Baker Eddy: To live and...

Mary Baker Eddy: To live and...

To live and let live, without clamour for distinction or recognition; . . . to write truth first on the tablet of...

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Sonia Johnson: Women cannot serve...

Sonia Johnson: Women cannot serve...

Women cannot serve two masters at once who are urgently beaming antithetical orders.... Either we believe in...

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Coretta Scott King: The more visible...

Coretta Scott King: The more visible...

The more visible signs of protest are gone, but I think there is a realization that the tactics of the late sixties...

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Clare Boothe Luce: I don't have...

Clare Boothe Luce: I don't have...

I don't have a warm personal enemy left. They've all died off. I miss them terribly because they helped define...

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Diane Sawyer: People tend to...

Diane Sawyer: People tend to...

People tend to vote the present tense -- not the subjective.

Source: On CBS-TV, 8...

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Georgie Anne Geyer: Not only does...

Georgie Anne Geyer: Not only does...

Not only does the world scarcely know who the Latin American man is, the world has barely...

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Marilyn vos Savant: Skill is successfully...

Marilyn vos Savant: Skill is successfully...

Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is...

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