"Perhaps patriarchy's greatest psychological weapon is simply its universality and longevity. ... Patriarchy has a still more tenacious or powerful hold through its successful habit of passing itself off as nature."

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Source : Sexual Politics ch. 2 (1970)

Kate Millett

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“It's either the flu or love... The synptoms are the same.”
“The painter... will find [photography] a rapid way of making collections of studies he could otherwise obtain only with much time and trouble and, whatever his talents might be, in a far less perfect manner.”
“I've come to the realization that if I don't feel like sharing, then I'm just not going to share. But I'm not going to go out of my way to mislead people or keep them at a distance, because that doesn't really get me anywhere either.”
“Small businesses forget how to be social. Everyone tries to do social media when they should just try being social. To be successful with social media, you have to treat each individual person just like you would in real life by establishing a genuine connection with them.”

Source : Source: theimarketingcafe.com
“I never have tantrums. If anything makes me mad, I'm silent. If I'm not talking, leave me alone.”
“I keep very weird hours. I never know when I'm going to get an idea.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Thereâ€™s no such thing as `one, true wayâ€™; the only answers worth having are the ones you find for yourself; leave the world better than you found it. Love, freedom, and the chance to do some good â€” theyâ€™re the things worth living and dying for, and if you arenâ€™t willing to die for the things worth living for, you might as well turn in your membership in the human race.”
“How is it that the poets have said so many fine things about our first love, so few about our later love? Are their first poems their best? or are not those the best which come from their fuller thought, their larger experience, their deeper-rooted affections? The boy's flute-like voice has its own spring charm; but the man should yield a richer, deeper music.”

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