"The Amazons is a stupendous achievement--a long-anticipated centerpiece in the great puzzle of humankind. The story of these forbidden women, silenced for so long by the rigidity of traditional scholarship, is as exciting and surprising as a bestselling murder mystery; I simply couldn't put it down. Through scholarly brilliance and passion, Adrienne Mayor has opened the door to a forgotten world of gender equality, and her book ought to be required reading in every college history course."

-- Anne Fortier

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“No, I love it at Chelsea. I've been here since I was 14, and I'm 28 now. All my friends are here, so I'm going to stay for ever unless Chelsea tell me I've got to go, which maybe one day they will, but for now I'm definitely staying.”

Source : "Who do you like best, José, Avram or Big Phil?" by Oscar Witt, www.theguardian.com. January 30, 2009.
“Conflict is part of being a foreign correspondent; spending long hours talking to politicians in capitals is another part of it.”
“Modern liberalism has many roots. One of the most important is the ideas of a man described by an American critic as 'his satanic free-trade majesty John Stuart Mill' and revered by others.”
“I learned how to be a woman and a good person just by watching and observing my mother.”

Source : "Cynthia’s Synergy!". Interview with Kam Williams, www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com.
“No matter what I say, honestly, people would only judge me the way they want to.”
“As a kid, I wasn't given the sense that celebrity, or fame, or any of that, was something to be impressed by, or to seek out. It was always impressed upon me that making something well crafted, something respected, was the most important thing to do with your life, and I've tried to do that where I can in my field.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“When I got my head shaved, it was all over the papers. It's weird that when you get a haircut you are in the papers, it's pretty stupid”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Life is nothing but a bunch of experiences. There's no such thing as success or failure.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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