"Weâ€™re taught at such an early age to be against the communists, yet most of us donâ€™t have the faintest idea what communism is. Only a fool lets somebody else tell him who his enemy is."

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Assata Shakur

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“Great parts of our economy are directly dependent upon women having a weak self-concept. A multi-billion dollar fashion-cosmetic industry testifies to the validity of this approach. A woman who does not know who she is can be sold anything.”

Source : Gabrielle Burton (1972). “I'm Running Away from Home, But I'm Not Allowed to Cross the Street: A Primer of Women's Liberation”
“All I do is stay in the kitchen and cook. I don't go there to party.”
“It's rare to be treated like a friend you haven't met in a Hollywood meeting.”

Source : "The Arrow" Interview, www.joblo.com. June 1, 2002.
“I think competition in any kind of activity like music, art, literature - anything that's not done with a timer - is actually impossible. So, in effect, what you're doing is you're entering the lottery. You're hoping that you play well (and that) you play your best on the day that you're heard, and you're hoping that the people who are judging will like what you do.”

Source : "Not My Job: Pianist Emanuel Ax Takes A Quiz On Axe Body Spray". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. August 30, 2013.
“The free market is notorious for distributing resources in a highly unequal manner, with great concentrations of wealth at the top and poverty at the bottom. Our social programs, modest compared to those of many other Western countries, play an important role in redistributing some of those resources from the haves to the have-nots.”
“I'm always looking at new ways to tell a joke so that it doesn't get stale while working on new jokes every night or I would go absolutely crazy and would want to kill myself. I just want to go in there and talk about what's bugging me.”
“Every young woman should dress well, that is, neatly, tastefully, modestly, whether she be rich or poor. Conspicuous dressing is vulgar. True refinement avoids anything showy and flashy: it never dresses better than it can afford, and yet it is always well dressed, even in simple muslin or plain calico.”
“I do love wearing heels but my feet can't be in them all day long. I want to have fun and dance so I need to be comfortable.”

Source : Source: www.ptmollie.com

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