"I'm a woman, but I've been a sexist, too."

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Julianna Baggott

“Woman is learning for herself that not self-sacrifice, but self development, is her first duty in life; and this, not primarily for the sake of others but that she may become fully herself.”

Source : Matilda Joslyn Gage “Women, Church and State”, Library of Alexandria
“An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.”
“I hate her." Merlin laughed, tossing the stick down. "Not so. You have forgotten how to love. That's a different sorrow.”
“What's a good investment? Go home from work early and spend the afternoon throwing a ball around with your son.”
“The old aphorisms are basically sound. First impressions are lasting.”

Source : Jessie Redmon Fauset (2013). “Comedy: American Style”, p.93, Courier Corporation
“I'm not taking any interest in politics. I'm not involved in politics in any way. My life is in writing now.”
“When I was six, all I dreamt about was becoming a diver on Jacques Cousteau's boat, the famous Calypso.”
“Environmental history was . . . born out of a moral purpose, with strong political commitments behind it, but also became, as it matured, a scholarly enterprise that had neither any simple, nor any single, moral or political agenda to promote. Its principal goal became one of deepening our understanding of how humans have been affected by their natural environment through time and, conversely, how they have affected that environment and with what results.”

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