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Quote by Isabel Allende
I was born in ancient times, at the end of the world, in a patriar

I was born in ancient times, at the end of the world, in a patriarchal Catholic and conservative family. No wonder that by age five I was a raging feminist – although the term had not reached Chile yet, so nobody knew what the heck was wrong with me. – Isabel Allende

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I am an American citizen and it is my home now. I like the U.S.A., which is not a place too many people have liked since Bush. The U.S. has a young population, and everything can change within a year. – Isabel Allende

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In times of conflict, war, poverty or religious fundamentalism, women and children are the first and most numerous victims. Women need all their courage today. – Isabel Allende

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For women the best aphrodisiacs are words. The G-spot is in the ears. He who looks for it below there is wasting his time. – Isabel Allende

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I had the good fortune to be able to right an injustice that I thought was being heaped on young people by lowering the voting age, where you had young people that were old enough to die in Vietnam but not old enough to vote for their members of Congress that sent them there. – Birch Bayh

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He has a profound respect for old age. Especially when its bottled. – Gene Fowler

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Bombing Afghanistan back into the Stone Age was quite a favourite headline for some wobbly liberals. The slogan does all the work. But an instants thought shows that Afghanistan is being, if anything, bombed out of the Stone Age. – Christopher Hitchens

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When you get to a certain age, there is no coming back. – Brian Clough

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