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Quote by Joseph Conrad
Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists prin

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men. – Joseph Conrad

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History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird. – Joseph Conrad

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Art
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Joseph Conrad
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They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience. – Joseph Conrad

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Loyalty
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The only jobs for which no man is qualified are human incubators and wet nurse. Likewise, the only job for which no woman is or can be qualified is sperm donor. – Wilma Scott Heide

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If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves? – Mary Astell

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Feminism

Men define intelligence, men define usefulness, men tell us what is beautiful, men even tell us what is womanly. – Sally Kempton

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Feminism

Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men — bring them softness, teach them how to cry. – Joan Baez, “Sexism Seen but not Heard,” Los Angeles Times, 1974

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Tell the truth and shame the devil. – Francois Rabelais

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It is an axiom, enforced by all the experience of the ages, that they who rule industrially will rule politically. – Aneurin Bevan

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Experience

I think the success of a talk show depends on how true it is to the personality of the person hosting it. The shows I really admire, like Oprah and Ellen, are distinctively like their hosts, so I think my show will be successful only if we try to stay consistent to my own sense of myself. – Jane Pauley

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Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit. – Billy Connolly

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