"Women were the slave class that maintained the species in order to free the other half for the business of the world ..."

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Source : SHULAMITH FIRESTONE (1970). “THE DIALECTIC OF SEX”

Shulamith Firestone

#Women Quotes #Class Quotes #Order Quotes

“There's always a bit of truth in each rumour, the trouble is finding out which bit. - Tayend”
“Time and rest are needed for absorption. Psychologists confirm that it is really in the summer that our muscles learn to skate and in the winter, how to swim.”
“The only redemptive feature of war is the brotherhood which it forges.”

Source : Max Hastings (2008). “Retribution”, p.12, Vintage
“I am really quite fascinated by echo-locating bats and dolphins and have always wondered how sound affects the unconscious brain.”
“I am never happier than when I am alone in a foreign city; it is as if I had become invisible.”

Source : Storm Jameson (2011). “Journey from the North, Volume 1: Autobiography of Storm Jameson”, p.98, A&C Black
“I usually think in terms of music”
“I think the Internet gives too much for a young artist to compare themselves too. I'm not sure that "notes" or "likes" are what we should be aspiring to, but the Internet means something different to me because I've always been primarily interested in publishing physical books.”
“As a young filmmaker, I shot a lot of stuff because I wanted to make sure that I got everything, but now I've gotten much more precise with my shooting. Editing is a whole other layer because then, sometimes you realize characters don't even need to say this or that. It becomes an issue of exposition, and over-explaining something. In the script, I'd reinforce certain things about what I wanted people to know two or three times, but in the editing room, I'd be like, "I only need to say this once, maybe twice."”

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