"Ardent, intelligent, sweet, sensitive, cultivated, erudite. These are the adjectives of praise in an androgynous world. Those who consider them epithets of shame or folly ought not to be trusted with leadership, for they will be men hot for power and revenge, certain of right and wrong."

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Source : Carolyn G. Heilbrun (1974). “Toward a recognition of androgyny”, HarperCollins Publishers

Carolyn Heilbrun

#Leadership Quotes #Sweet Quotes #Revenge Quotes

“To me, an airplane is a great place to diet.”
“I know for a stretch, at least nine years, I was one of the best lead-off hitters in baseball”
“Nakedness makes us democratic, adornment makes us individuals.”
“When I think about greatness I just know Ayrton Senna. He was great.”
“She realized with deep respect that this woman had always done what she had to do and faced what she had to face. If many of her fears and burdens would have seemed unreal to another woman, there was nothing unreal about her courage.”
“I smirk as Peter misses again. I can't help myself. "Hey, Peter," I say, " Remember what a target is?”
“Asked about Donald Trump, [Pope] Francis said a person who thinks only about building walls and not building bridges is not Christian, a remark you might remember that Trump described as disgraceful.”
“Think not of what you see, but what it took to produce what you see.”

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