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Now, being a girl, I was ashamed of my body and my lack of strengt

Now, being a girl, I was ashamed of my body and my lack of strength. So I tried to be a man. I shot, rode, jumped, and took part in all the fights of the boys. – Agnes Smedley

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And the woman who could win the respect of man was often the woman who could knock him down with her bare fists and sit on him until he yelled for help. – Agnes Smedley

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respect
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Agnes Smedley
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Like all my family and class, I considered it a sign of weakness to show affection to have been caught kissing my mother would have been a disgrace, and to have shown affection for my father would have been a disaster. – Agnes Smedley

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One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose. – Jean Anouilh

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Some in my party threaten to send a message that they dont know a just war when they see it, and more broadly that theyre not prepared to use our military strength to protect our security and the cause of freedom. – Joe Lieberman

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He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity. – Ben Jonson

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While other industries have suffered, the nonprofit arts world continues to build in strength while it encourages the growth of innumerable small businesses on its periphery, thereby creating more jobs. – Louise Slaughter

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