"When I started working on women's history about thirty years ago, the field did not exist. People didn't think that women had a history worth knowing."

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Source : "Women and History Part I: The Creation of Patriarchy with Gerda Lerner". Interview with Jeffrey Mishlove, www.intuitionnetwork.org.

Gerda Lerner

#Thinking Quotes #Years Quotes #Knowing Quotes

“In 1977, at least, he wished to have people believe that he shared and was proud of an attitude toward women that is not acceptable in a politician. In 2003, all he has said is that he doesn't remember the interview.”
“A disciple is a disciple maker.”
“I just don't think that I could be the kind of actor I want to be and not be honest with myself. Honesty is very important to me as an actor and as a person. I didn't even think about it.”
“The great mystery of our metaphysical situation, that God is nearer to us than we are ourselves, is manifest in the fact that we cannot even be wholly ourselvesâ€”in the sense of individuality as a unique divine thoughtâ€”until we are reborn in Christ.”

Source : Dietrich Von Hildebrand (2001). “Transformation in Christ”, p.17, Ignatius Press
“I suddenly saw that all the time it was not I who had been seeking God, but God who had been seeking me. I had made myself the centre of my own existence and had my back turned to God.”
“You measure a government by how few people need help.”

Source : Interview with Dan Schneider, www.cosmoetica.com. March 19, 2009.
“Documentaries are a form of journalism.”
“Clothes are expensive. You have to buy them, and to buy them, you have to believe in them.”

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