"The first step toward liberation of any group is to use the power in hand... And the power in hand is the vote."

-- Helen Gahagan Douglas

#Hands Quotes #Democracy Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“There was a time when one looked over one's shoulder with an ironical smile at the photographer and when photography as a profession seemed almost invariably a target for ridicule. That time is now over.”
“During the years I was on the board of directors of the National Organization for Women [chapter] in New York City, the most resistant audiences I ever faced in the process of doing corporate workshops on equality in the workplace were not male executives they were the wives of male executives. As long as her income came from her husband, she was not feeling generous when affirmative action let another woman have a head start vying for her husband's (her) income.”
“It doesn't make any sense. If the SIM are policemen, secret or not, shouldn't we trust them instead of being afraid of them?”
“I try to be the fixer of situations and I gravitate to people who are institutional misfits”
“Satan exploits pain by making it the central focus of the manâ€™s (or womanâ€™s) thoughts and attitudes.”
“I like the 50s, party-movie aesthetic of the beach. I'm not really into modern-day beach.”
“To pronounce something clever and honest is not such a big deal, lots of them have been said and written. For a statement of truth to be effective and for it to make people wiser, it has to be filtered through the soul of a highest quality, the soul of an artist.”
“I don't drink. I don't kiss girls. These things do an athlete in.”

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