"Revolution is the festival of the oppressed."

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Source : Germaine Greer (1970). “The female eunuch”, Macgibbon & Kee

Germaine Greer

#Peace Quotes #Diversity Quotes #Culture Quotes

“The Queen has done all she could on the dreadful subject of vivisection, and hopes that Mr. Gladstone will speak strongly against such a practice which is a disgrace to humanity...”
“By rubbing up against the world, I define myself to myself.”
“When a Tralfamadorian sees a corpse, all he thinks is that the dead person is in bad condition in the particular moment, but that the same person is just fine in plenty of other moments. Now, when I myself hear that somebody is dead, I simply shrug and say what the Tralfamadorians say about dead people, which is "So it goes.”
“You can't say British Columbia's carbon tax is exactly the same as increasing hydroelectricity rates in another province. They're very different mechanisms, but we shouldn't deny that both of them can have an impact, and that's why we're talking about this broadly.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“As a man, you got to know how to take it, so I just took it.”
“Itâ€™s always surprising to me how many young women think they have to be perfect. I rarely meet a young man who doesnâ€™t think he already is.”
“Who teaches the soul if not God?”
“Flying is like sex - I've never had all I wanted but occasionally I've had all I could stand.”

Source : Stephen Coonts (2010). “The Cannibal Queen: A Flight Into the Heart of America”, p.66, Open Road Media

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