"As the mother of a son, I do not accept that alienation from me is necessary for his discovery of himself. As a woman, I will not cooperate in demeaning womanly things so that he can be proud to be a man. I like to think the women in my son's future are counting on me."

-- Letty Cottin Pogrebin

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“Democracy is not just voting for your leaders; it's really premised upon ordinary citizens understanding the issues.”

Source : The Frontline Interview, www.pbs.org. June 15, 1995.
“I fight authority and authority always wins.”
“My true belief about Rock 'n' Roll--and there have been a lot of phrases attributed to me over the years--is this: I believe this kind of music is demonic. ... A lot of the beats in music today are taken from voodoo, from the voodoo drums. If you study music in rhythms, like I have, you'll see that is true. I believe that kind of music is driving people from Christ. It is contagious”
“I love color. I feel it inside me. It gives me a buzz.”
“I saw 'Tintin' in Europe - it is 'Indiana Jones' on steroids. Unbelievable. What a fantastic movie. Steven Spielberg, you rock the house. And working with those young English guys like Edgar Wright, and also Peter Jackson; what a great combination.”
“I said from the very beginning, I don't want a big house, I don't want big grounds, I don't want the trouble with the maintenance and all of that.”
“The real self is who you are when you're at home, when you're comfortable, and the false self is what you're pretending - and the reason you pretend is because you want to create a character for the surroundings you're within.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Fate's such a shrewish thing.”

Source : 1611 The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets, bk.4, l.21.

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