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Don't worry about your background, whether it's odd or ordinary, use it, build on it.


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Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.



God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them, there's no turning back.

God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them, there's no turning back.



We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.

We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.



Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.

Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.



Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren't, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.

Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren't, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.



Each individual woman's body demands to be accepted on its own terms.

Each individual woman's body demands to be accepted on its own terms.



No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair play, if his work depends in any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at home, or in the office.

No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair play, if his work depends in any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at home, or in the office.



The purpose of feminism is to free the uniqueness of the individual and to understand that inside each of us is a unique human being who is a combination of heredity and environment.

The purpose of feminism is to free the uniqueness of the individual and to understand that inside each of us is a unique human being who is a combination of heredity and environment.



Superwoman is the adversary of the women's movement.

Superwoman is the adversary of the women's movement.



A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.

A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.





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Once you are born in this world you’re old enough to die.

Once you are born in this world you’re old enough to die.




Rory said he loved me but wouldn't hold my hand in public. & he wanted so badly to end the pain, but it never went away, it stayed with the people that loved him.

Rory said he loved me but wouldn't hold my hand in public. & he wanted so badly to end the pain, but it never went away, it stayed with the people that loved him.



Tous les jours on couche avec des femmes qu'on n'aime pas, et l'on ne couche pas avec des femmes qu'on aime. Every day we sleep with women we do not love and don't sleep with the women we do love.

Tous les jours on couche avec des femmes qu'on n'aime pas, et l'on ne couche pas avec des femmes qu'on aime. Every day we sleep with women we do not love and don't sleep with the women we do love.



I am not cynical. I am just old. I know what is going to happen next.

I am not cynical. I am just old. I know what is going to happen next.



Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.

Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.



If you realize what the real problem is-losing yourself-you realize that this itself is the ultimate trial.

If you realize what the real problem is-losing yourself-you realize that this itself is the ultimate trial.



Sometimes a story grabs hold of you and won't let go.

Sometimes a story grabs hold of you and won't let go.



It's so important to encourage the use of sun cream, tan in a bottle and the disuse of sun beds which are known world-wide as causes of skin cancer.

It's so important to encourage the use of sun cream, tan in a bottle and the disuse of sun beds which are known world-wide as causes of skin cancer.



Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.

Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.




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