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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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I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace. – Joseph Conrad

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Peace
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Joseph Conrad
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The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil water-way leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast sky — seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness. – Joseph Conrad

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Weather
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The sea – this truth must be confessed – has no generosity. No display of manly qualities – courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness – has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power. – Joseph Conrad

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Courage
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It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union…. Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less. – Susan B. Anthony

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Feminism

The blood of generations of honoured women boiled in my veins. – Sarah Grand (1854–1943), “The Condemned Cell,” Emotional Moments, 1908

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Feminism

Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she manages to be a good wife, a good mother, good-looking, good-tempered, well-dressed, well-groomed, and unaggressive. – Marya Mannes

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Feminism

Feminism is the radical notion that women are people. – Cheris Kramarae and Paula Treichler

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Feminism

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If you become a teacher, by your pupils youll be taught. – Oscar Hammerstein II

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Leadership can not be measured in a poll or even in the result of an election. It can only be truly seen with the benefit of time. From the perspective of 20 years, not 20 days. – Marco Rubio

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Leadership

Today, it takes more brains and effort to make out the income-tax form than it does to make the income. – Alfred E. Neuman

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Cancer is a journey, but you walk the road alone. There are many places to stop along the way and get nourishment — you just have to be willing to take it. – Emily Hollenberg

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