"Great parts of our economy are directly dependent upon women having a weak self-concept. A multi-billion dollar fashion-cosmetic industry testifies to the validity of this approach. A woman who does not know who she is can be sold anything."

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Source : Gabrielle Burton (1972). “I'm Running Away from Home, But I'm Not Allowed to Cross the Street: A Primer of Women's Liberation”

Gabrielle Burton

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“In moments of surprise we catch at least a glimpse of the joy to which gratefulness opens the door.”
“I always go back to how people behave. If you watch how people actually behave in a situation, it's very simple and honest and contained. You don't need to use as much expression, as much feeling. Some characters will boil over, and that's another thing, but a lot of times I think you can just do very, very little.”
“Today, we need to listen more carefully. I read what people say on Twitter, my friends on Path, in addition to formal media. I look for patterns, and then I post questions back to my network.”
“I never dreamed I could build a $100 million company. I just happened to build a $1 million company that became a $5 million company, and so on.”

Source : "Shark Tank's Accidental Entrepreneur: Robert Herjavec". Interview with Christine Lagorio-Chafkin, www.inc.com. June 11, 2012.
“Coming from heavy music too, it's really hard to have heavy music not sound too butthead-ish or jock-ish, and there's a fine line between Limp Bizkit and Nirvana - there's a fine line there, and it's terrifying.”
“Of all my wife's relations I like myself the best.”
“The spleen is seldom felt where Flora reigns; The low'ring eye, the petulance, the frown, And sullen sadness, that o'ershade, distort, And mar the face of beauty, when no cause For such immeasurable woe appears; These Flora banishes, and gives the fair Sweet smiles, and bloom less transient than her own.”
“My Hamlet was about as alienated as you can get. Mine was a bitter and lonely prince. Valid, I think, but maybe tough to root for. I think that romance was missing.”

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