"Sexism has never rendered women powerless. It has either suppressed their strength or exploited it."

-- Bell Hooks

#Sexism Quotes #Powerless Quotes

“No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.”
“Nature wants us to enjoy life to the full and die without giving it a second thought; Christianity wants the opposite.”
“Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.”

Source : "Diamond in the Rough: More Fun Adventures with Abby Diamond". Book by Kristie Smith-Armand, July 2010.
“I learned as a really young kid, when my dad was telling me one story and my mom was telling me another that, even as a 5-year-old boy, there was no way that both of these stories are true. Something in the middle is true, and I have to figure out what it is, what the truth is, and I never did quite figure that out.”

Source : Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. June 6, 2012.
“The problem with life is, we often do things that will ultimately be self-destructive and make us unhappy, yet in that moment it seems like the best idea in the world. You have to be careful of moments - they're tricksy things.”
“Falling in love is a chemical reaction. But it wears off in a year.”
“...success is not a comparison of what we have done with what others have done.”
“Heart lesson #4: the unrequited heart. You can't make anyone love you back.”

Source : SHELDON B KOPP (1972). “IF YOU MEET THE BUDDHA ON THE ROAD KILL HIM THE PILGRIMAGE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY PATIENTS”

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