"The single most impressive fact about the attempt by American women to obtain the right to vote is how long it took."

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Source : Alice S. Rossi (1973). “The Feminist Papers: From Adams to de Beauvoir”, p.407, UPNE

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“I think people who truly can live a life in music are telling the world, â€˜You can have my love, you can have my smiles. Forget the bad parts, you donâ€™t need them. Just take the music, the goodness, because itâ€™s the very best, and itâ€™s the part I give most willingly”
“There are several studies done of peasant uprisings where the first chapter might be 'conditions in that area' and so the conditions are bad, and then the second chapter is a kind of conjectural event, somebody's shot and then there's an uprising. But there's no consideration, no chapter on preparation.”

Source : "'Exiles From the Future': An Interview with Vijay Prashad". Interview with Andrew Stewart, www.counterpunch.org. August 17, 2016.
“...You can make a positive out of most any negative if you work at it hard enough.”
“I really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know.”
“Hope is a waking dream.' I let the words echo in my head. The quote reminded me of that feeling you get when you start to wake from a dream you don't want to leave. That crushing sensation in the center of your chest, like you are losing an important piece of yourself you won't ever get back.”
“Being broken is both God's work and ours. He brings His pressure to bear, but we have to make the choice...All day long the choice will be before us in a thousand ways.”
“every human activity, whether it be love, philosophy, art, or revolution, is carried on with a special intensity in Paris.”
“My colleagues have expressed confidence in my ability to articulate our conservative message and to provide new focus to our efforts in the General Assembly.”

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