"If all women on earth woke up tomorrow feeling truly positive and powerful in their own bodies, the economies of the globe would collapse overnight."

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Source : Laurie Penny (2011). “Meat Market: Female Flesh Under Capitalism”, p.9, John Hunt Publishing

Laurie Penny

#Powerful Quotes #Feelings Quotes #Body Quotes

“Labor cannot stand still. It must not retreat. It must go on, or go under.”
“I constantly make lists and itineraries and then can't stick to any of them.”
“Fearlessness, absolutely. Discipline. You also need open-minded creativeness that lets everything in. You never want to lose a word or a phrase, yet every one should count. Always the best language possible. And, finally, knowing when to leave it alone. Stop when it's done.”
“Purity of action guided Janis's behavior. If she was going to be good, she was very, very good. If she was going to be bad, she let all the stops out. Anything less than full commitment to an idea of activity was 'hypocritical', the worst adjective anyone could hurl at another.”
“There are something like 18 billion cells in the brain alone. There are no two brains alike; there are no two hands alike; there are no two human beings alike. You can take your instructions and your guidance from others, but you must find your own path.”
“The only difference between a cult and a religion is the amount of real estate they own.”
“Stupid people go to college but"smart people own them"....”
“Be a doer and not a critic.”

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