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“Very close by the CMS shops, hidden about a quarter mile away in the woods, was the prison's rifle range. Correctional officers could spend quality time with their firearms down there, and the hammering of multiple rounds was typical background noise during our workdays. There was something unsettling about toiling away for a prison while listening to your jailers practice shooting you.”
Source : Piper Kerman (2010). “Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison”, p.166, Spiegel & Grau
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“As long as we stick together , we can smash the sadness”
Source : Twitter post from Jan 07, 2010 
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“It's not the genius who is 100 years ahead of his time but average man who is 100 years behind it.”
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“Throughout the last century there were multiple attempts at giving Afghan women more autonomy, to change marriage laws, to abolish the practice of bride price and child marriage, and to enforce women to be involved in school. Every time, the reaction from the traditionalists was one of contempt and scorn and at times outright rebellion. I think the emancipation of women in Afghanistan has to come from inside, through Afghans themselves, gradually, over time.”
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“Facts are only tools to gain control over yourself and other people.”
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“When I first started out, I got criticism for the way I looked. I think, now, it's a good thing because, why would you want to look like everyone else?”
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“We Earth Men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful things. The only reason we didn't set up hot-dog stands in the midst of the Egyptian temple of Karnak is because it was out of the way and served no large commercial purpose.”
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“Old man, 40 years old against young hungry man from Great Britain!”
