"At the same time as woman was becoming……" — Germaine Greer
"At the same time as woman was becoming the showcase for wealth and caste, while men were slipping into relative anonymity and "handsome is as handsome does," she was emerging as the central emblem of western art."
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128 Quotes by Germaine Greer
Germaine Greer has 128 quotes on this site.
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All that remains to the mother in modern consumer society is the role of scapegoat; psychoanalysis uses huge amounts of…
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Soccer is an art more central to our culture than anything the Arts Council deigns to recognize.
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A garden is the best alternative therapy.
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Energy is the power that drives every human being. It is not lost by exertion but maintained by it, for…
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Every time a man unburdens his heart to a stranger he reaffirms the love that unites humanity.
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The only causes of regret are laziness, outbursts of temper, hurting others, prejudice, jealousy, and envy.
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Love, love, love - all the wretched cant of it, masking egotism, lust, masochism, fantasy under a mythology of sentimental…
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Too many women are forced to abort by poverty, by their menfolk, by their parents ... A choice is only…
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As soon as we find ourselves working at being indispensable, rigging up a pattern of vulnerability in our loved ones,…
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War is the admission of defeat in the face of conflicting interests.
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Women's liberation, if it abolishes the patriarchal family, will abolish a necessary substructure of the authoritarian state, and once that…
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There has come into existence, chiefly in America, a breed of men who claim to be feminists. They imagine that…
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More Anonymity Quotes
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Fame really works against actors, in a way, because our anonymity is a wonderful thing for us.
— Jeff Bridges
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Cyber bullies can hide behind a mask of anonymity online, and do not need direct physical access to their victims…
— Anna Maria Chavez
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I wanted to have the adoration of John Lennon but have the anonymity of Ringo Starr. I didn't want to…
— Kurt Cobain
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Success made me self-sufficient, but it also took away my anonymity. I'm just this quiet nobody, and all of a…
— Lisa Bonet
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You can't really appreciate anonymity until you've lost it. People say that's sour grapes, but it really isn't To be…
— Paul Newman
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According to this woman, who requested anonymity because of her current job as a clinical psychologist, "He and Randy came…
— Rand Paul
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So I try not to do press and if you can keep the balance of keeping a certain degree of…
— Charlie Hunnam
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I have too much potential for collapse. There's an anonymity that makes people feel safe to participate in hatefulness. I…
— Julia Roberts
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For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity,
— Ben Whishaw
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Human beings are not meant to lose their anonymity and privacy.
— Sarah Chalke
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It must be odd, being recognisable. I would hate to lose that anonymity. It happened for a while with 'Spooks.'…
— Matthew Macfadyen
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No one can train you to be famous. How do you deal with the loss of anonymity, the loss of…
— Wesley Snipes
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