"Men seem unable to feel equal to women: they must be superior or they are inferior"

-- Marilyn French

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“It is the duty of the followers of Islam to spread through the civilised world, a knowledge of what Islam means - its spirit and message.”
“Be grateful for the joy of life. Be glad for the privilege of work. Be thankful for the opportunity to give and serve. Good work is the great character-builder, the sweetener of life, the maker of destiny. Let the spirit of your work be right, and whether your task be great or small you will then have the satisfaction of knowing it is worth while.”

Source : Grenville Kleiser (1917). “Inspiration and Ideals: Thoughts for Every Day”
“I think it's one of the scars in our culture that we have too high an opinion of ourselves. We align ourselves with the angels instead of the higher primates.”

Source : "The Company of Angela Carter". "Marxism Today" Magazine, January 1985.
“You don't have to aim to be the best of everything, thinking that one day you're going to be the top of the world; I don't think it exists.”
“Being a motion picture actress is the pitch of ecstasy.”
“The aspirations of democracy are based on the notion of an informed citizenry, capable of making wise decisions. The choices we are asked to make become increasingly complex. They require the longer-term thinking and greater tolerance for ambiguity that science fosters. The new economy is predicated on a continuous pipeline of scientific and technological innovation. It can not exist without workers and consumers who are mathematically and scientifically literate.”
“The United States is the laughingstock of the world.”
“Equality is deemed by many a mere speculative chimera, which can never be reduced to practice. But if the abuse is inevitable, does it follow that we ought not to try at least to mitigate it? It is precisely because the force of things tends always to destroy equality that the force of the legislature must always tend to maintain it.”

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