Years later, when Idi Amin said and did outrageous things, I understood that his motivation was to rattle the good people of Greenwich mean time, have them raise their heads from their tea and scones, and say, Oh yes. Africa. For a fleeting moment they'd have the same awareness of us that we had of them. Abraham Verghese
This desire to govern a woman -- it lies very deep, and men and women must fight it together.... But I do love you surely in a better way then he does." He thought. "Yes -- really in a better way. I want you to...
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E.m. Forster
All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others.
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Douglas Adams
Equality is not a concept. It's not something we should be striving for. It's a necessity. Equality is like gravity. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>We need it to stand on this earth as men and women, and the misogyny that is in every culture is not a...
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Joss Whedon
Wasn't that the point of the book? For women to realize, We are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I'd thought.
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Kathryn Stockett
Teach her that the idea of 'gender roles' is absolute nonsense. Do not ever tell her that she should or should not do something because she is a girl. 'Because you are a girl' is never reason for anything. Ever.
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
More Quotes By Abraham Verghese
You live it forward, but understand it backward.
The key to your happiness is to own your slippers, own who you are, own how you look, own your family, own the talents you have, and own the ones you don't. If you keep saying your slippers aren't yours, then you'll die searching, you'll...
Yesterday misspent can't be recall'd Vanity makes beauty contemptible Wisdom is more valuable than riches.
God will judge us, Mr. Harris, by--by what we did to relieve the suffering of our fellow human beings. I don't think God cares what doctrine we embrace.
When you win, you often lose, that's just a fact. There's no currency to straighten a warped spirit, or open a closed heart, a selfish heart...
