"Therefore, to teach them [women] at least an outline of economics and law is the first requirement after giving them a general education. Figuratively speaking, it will be like providing the women of civilized society with a pocket dagger for self-protection."

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Source : Yukichi Fukuzawa, Eiichi Kiyooka (1988). “Fukuzawa Yukichi on Japanese women: selected works”, Univ of Tokyo Pr

Fukuzawa Yukichi

#Self Quotes #Law Quotes #Giving Quotes

“The motivations of men. They never make sense. And they always make sense.”
“The worst thing we can do is to do nothing.”
“The world is apt to judge of everything by the success; and whoever has ill fortune will hardly be allowed a good name.”

Source : William Dampier (2012). “A Voyage to New Holland”, p.16, tredition
“I am subject to very powerful lows. When you have highs, you have terrible lows. When you pinpoint that you are responsible for everything that happens to you, it is very frightening.”
“I don't think of Storefront Hitchcock or Stop Making Sense as documentaries, I think of them more as performance films.”
“Its Not a Belt, its a Championship Title!”
“Ruby Wax has basically ruined my career. You'll see when you watch the programme. I get more intimate with Ruby than I've ever been with another woman.”
“I think that you can sort of have your own personal journey and you know, you can just kind of apply that to whatever characters you're playing.”

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