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the last decade has seen a powerful counterassault on women's rights, a backlash, an attempt to retract the handful of small and… — Susan Faludi Copy Share Image
Well, we became a vegetarian. But that didn't last very long, because, um, I don't like vegetables. Or salad, nothing like that! — Dakota Fanning Copy Share Image
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And, over the last thirty years we have seen men's participation in both housework and childcare has increased and women's have stayed… — James Levine Copy Share Image
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The last thing that man will understand in nature is the performance of his brain. — John Eccles Copy Share Image
One by one, these governments came undone, and were forced into IMF tutelage (and national illegitimacy) by the careening oil prices, the… — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
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The kind of gratitude that receives even tribulations with thanksgiving requires a broken heart and a contrite spirit, humility to accept that… — Bonnie D. Parkin Copy Share Image
If in anything I have faith in something you could call the human spirit - I have faith it will always save… — Vashti Bunyan Copy Share Image
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Television won't last because people will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night. — Darryl F. Zanuck Copy Share Image
There rises the moon, broad and tranquil, through the branches of a walnut tree on a hill opposite. I apostrophize it in… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Everybody has two swings: the one he uses during the last three holes of a tournament and the one he uses the… — Toney Penna Copy Share Image
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