"The history of American women is all about leaving home - crossing oceans and continents, or getting jobs and living on their own."

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Source : Gail Collins (2009). “America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines”, p.8, Harper Collins

Gail Collins

#Jobs Quotes #Ocean Quotes #Home Quotes

“Here is another miserable mental image I will have to catalog and make room for.”

Source : Patrick deWitt (2011). “The Sisters Brothers”, p.73, Granta Books
“God is bound to act, to pour Himself into thee as soon as He shall find thee ready”
“No one did what I did last season and for this I deserve the Golden Boot and why not the best World Player.”
“I did not like prizes at school. I didn't like tests or exams, or the 11+, or O-levels. Later I hated B.A.s and M.A.s. The reason I hated them is that I don't like being tested, failed or falsely praised by anyone.”
“I'm just the democratic voice of Bolivia.”
“When we think about the people with whom we work, people on whom we depend, we can see that without each individual, we are not going to go very far as a group. By ourselves, we suffer serious limitations. Together we can be something wonderful.”
“It's not my goal to be a famous actor”
“Not being able to sleep is terrible. You have the misery of having partied all night... Without the satisfaction.”

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