"A home filled with nothing but yourself. It's heavy, that lightness. It's crushing, that emptiness."

-- Margaret Atwood

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“Having women in office is vital to the health of our democracy because women play a unique role in our society. By and large, women are still the primary caregivers in families, even as we have taken our place in the workforce.”

Source : "It’s Time to Put More Women in Office" by Ellen Malcolm, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 1, 2009.
“Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.”
“I think we have to face right in the center of the hurricane, if you will, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s foibles and faults. I think that we do no good to ourselves and do no honor to him by pretending that he did not fail, that he did not wrestle greatly and, at times, surrender to his own sins and his own faults and failures.”
“I am for an art that tells you the time of day, or where such and such a street is. I am for an art that helps old ladies across the street.”

Source : Store Days: Documents from the Store (1961)
“I was brought up an atheist and have always remained so. But at no time was I led to believe that morality was unimportant or that good and bad did not exist. I believe passionately in the need to distinguish between right and wrong and am somewhat confounded by being told I need God, Jesus or a clergyman to help me to do so.”
“I would take up any small job on the sets, just so that I could hang around with the hope of getting noticed.”
“My lover asks me: â€œWhat is the difference between me and the sky?â€ The difference, my love, Is that when you laugh, I forget about the sky”
“Championships are mythical. The real champions are those who live through what they are taught in their homes and churches. The attitude that 'We've got to win' in sports must be changed. Teach your youngsters, who are the future hope of America, the importance of love, respect, dedication, determination, self-sacrifice, self-discipline and good attitude. That's the road up the ladder to the championships.”

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