"Perhaps only some young women, perhaps only a minority of all women, will be able to effect such changes through consciousness alone, through the strength of understanding, which, if transformed into wisdom, always means the performance of necessary actions."

-- Phyllis Chesler

#Mean Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Minorities Quotes

“Clothe with life the weak intent, Let me be the thing I meant ...”
“Everyone's so interior now, they're not really looking around them. They're on their phones”

Source : "Kim Gordon on Giving Up Rock, Being a "Strong Woman," and Appearing on Girls". Interview with Seth Colter Walls, www.slate.com. September 03, 2013.
“The people who influence you are the people who believe in you.”

Source : "The Greatest Thing in the World: Experience the Enduring Power of Love".
“Nobody can put more pressure on me than I do.”
“I was pretending that I did not speak their language; on the moon we spoke a soft, liquid tongue, and sang in the starlight, looking down on the dead dried world.”

Source : Shirley Jackson (2010). “Novels and Stories: The Lottery, The Haunting of Hill House, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Other Stories and Sketches”
“I marched with you in the streets of Chicago to meet our immigration challenge. I fought with you in the Senate for comprehensive immigration reform. And I will make it a top priority in my first year as President.”
“There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators.”
“I would not have thee believe in what I say nor trust in what I do â€” for my words are naught but thy own thoughts in sound and my deeds thy own hopes in action.”

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