"Well it's unusual for us to do an endorsement, you know, and the special occasions where you need appointments, but we thought that Senator [Hillary] Clinton had occupied such a neat and unique role, certainly a worldwide advocate for women, and also there's also only 16 women without her in Congress."

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Source : Interview with Joanne Bamberger, www.blogher.com. December 22, 2008.

Eleanor Smeal

#Unique Quotes #Special Quotes #Needs Quotes

“Having women work with men is like having a grizzly bear work with salmon . . . dipped in honey.”
“Someone's always going to come down on the side of the fence.”
“The WTO has outlived its usefulness as a setting for trade negotiations. It can still be a good place to resolve disputes (though this can take years) and share ideas, but most countries would be better off choosing their own trading partners and lowering trade barriers at their own pace.”

Source : "Why the WTO Is Obsolete". Interview with Daniel Altman, bigthink.com.
“For as long as human beings are forced to live in a system that at every turn impedes the fulfillment of their basic human needs - not only for love but for creative and spiritual expression - they will try to compensate for this in other ways, including the compulsive acquisition of ever more material goods.”
“Ordinary life does not interest me.”
“We are a people captivated by the power and romance of metaphor, forever seeking the invisible through the image of the visible.”
“There is a point where political correctness becomes an acid that erodes freedom.”
“Seems like Ive been here before. Seems so familiar. Seems like Im slipping into a dream within a dream.”

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