"Feminists have to question, not just all of Western culture, but the organization of culture itself, and further, even the very organization of nature. Many women give up in despair: if that's how deep it goes they don't want to know."

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Source : SHULAMITH FIRESTONE (1970). “THE DIALECTIC OF SEX: THE CASE FOR FEMINIST REVOLUTION”

Shulamith Firestone

#Giving Up Quotes #Organization Quotes #Feminist Quotes

“Believe in yourself and believe in love. Love something.”
“What I got in Sunday school ... was simply a firm conviction that the Christian faith was full of palpable absurdities, and the Christian God preposterous.... The act of worship, as carried on by Christians, seems to me to be debasing rather than ennobling. It involves groveling before a being who, if he really exists, deserves to be denounced instead of respected.”
“Being an editor has been a source of great satisfaction, but writing is the thing I truly love.”
“But the worst handicap we had the prohibition of naming individual units who had done the fighting.”

Source : Philip Gibbs (1946). “The Pageant of the Years: An Autobiography”
“Bearing sham and scoffing rude, in my place condemned He stood - Sealed my pardon with His blood: Hallelujah, what a Savior!”
“O marvelous Sacrament! How can I find words to praise you! You are the life of the soul, the medicament healing our wounds, our comforter when we are overburdened, the memorial of Jesus Christ, the proof of his love, the most precious precept of his testament, our companion in the pilgrimage of life, the joy sustaining us in our exile, the burning coal kindling the fire of divine love, the instrument of grace, the pledge of eternal bliss and the treasure of Christians”
“The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.”
“I'm Irish, so I'm used to odd stews. I can take it. Just throw a lot of carrots and onions in there and I'll call it dinner.”

Source : "Liam Neeson's 'wolf stew' claims land The Grey in hot water with Peta" by Ben Child, www.theguardian.com. February 6, 2012.

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