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“... most women preface their support of the women's movement with 'I'm not a feminist, but..' But? But, what? You think God is going to get you if you say, 'I am for women's liberation and ...' Right? Well, She is not.”
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“'Mos anytime you see whiteman spose to fight each other an' you not white, well you know you got trouble, because they blah-blah loud about Democrat or Republican an' they huffin' an' puff about democracy someplace else but relentless, see, the real deal come down evil on someday don' have no shirt an' tie, somebody don' live in no whiteman house no whiteman country.”
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“Nothing so withers fear as examination. No one should ever be afraid alone. It is the worst form of loneliness and the most corrosive.”
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“It is the quick thinkers who become leaders. He who hesitates is bossed.”
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“Paris is not a city, it is the image, the symbol of France, its today and yesterday, the reflection of its history, its geography and its hidden essence.”
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“[Emily Litella line:] Never mind.”
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“It was not seen that woman's place was in the home until she began to go out of it; the statement was a reply to an unspoken challenge, it was attempted resistance to irresistible change.”
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“... a bit of rhyme was a choicer draught to me than a glass of an old vintage.”