"Women need to see ourselves as individuals capable of creating change. That is what political and economic power is all about: having a voice, being able to shape the future. Women's absence from decision-making positions has deprived the country of a necessary perspective."

-- Madeleine M. Kunin

#Country Quotes #Voice Quotes #Creating Quotes

“Obviously, I didn't think, and nobody else did, that the Iraqis were going to take ALL of Kuwait .”

Source : "Why Obama Scares Me" by Mona Charen, www.realclearpolitics.com. March 21, 2014.
“To learn anything other than the stuff you find in books, you need to be able to experiment, to make mistakes, to accept feedback, and to try again. It doesn't matter whether you are learning to ride a bike or starting a new career, the cycle of experiment, feedback, and new experiment is always there.”

Source : Charles Handy (2008). “The Hungry Spirit: New Thinking for a New World”, p.134, Random House
“Resisting overreaching by the federal government is appropriate and, yes, even patriotic.”
“The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity.”

Source : "Rhodessa Jones: Ruby Dee a guiding light for social change" by Rhodessa Jones, www.sfgate.com. June 17, 2014.
“I may know that the world is an ugly place, I still don't want to see it.”
“Hot Plants enhance sexual experience. They increase sensitivity and make sex more urgent. Men get better erections. Women benefit, too. Your ***** are like Chinese New Year fireworks.”
“Like most parents, I want everything for my kids that I didn't have. But I don't intend to spoil them. I just enjoy everything that comes naturally with parenthood.”
“If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly.”

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