"Today the two hundred million men in our country are entering into a civilized new world...but we, the two hundred million women, are still kept down in the dungeon."

-- Qiu Jin

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“It seems strange that some artists fear a blank canvas, when it has been a major contributory factor to great paintings.”
“Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.”

Source : Comments after President John F. Kennedy's inaugural address, January 20, 1961.
“We are all dependent upon the investment of capital.”
“You know, what I like about 'The Family Tree' is it's a kitchen sink movie; you can't think of anything that it doesn't either throw into the story for conflict or poke fun at or attack, even, so I like it.”
“It is admirably remarked, by a most excellent writer, that zeal can no more hurry a man to act in direct opposition to itself than a rapid stream can carry a boat against its own current.”
“Another thing very injurious to the child is the tying and cutting of the navel string too soon, which should always be left till the child has not only repeatedly breathed but till all pulsation in the cord ceases. As otherwise the child is much weaker than it ought to be, a part of the blood being left in the placenta which ought to have been in the child and at the same time the placenta does not so naturally collapse, and withdraw itself from the sides of the uterus, and is not therefore removed with so much safety and certainty.”
“For why are we here if not to try to fathom one another? Not through facts alone, but with the full extent of our imaginations. And what are stories if not tools for imagining?”

Source : Leah Hager Cohen (2014). “No Book but the World: A Novel”, p.180, Penguin
“I know you've run away - everybody gets the urge to do that some time - but sooner or later you'll want to go home.”

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