Quote by Iris Murdoch
The cry of equality pulls everyone down. - Iris Murdoch

The cry of equality pulls everyone down. – Iris Murdoch

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In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is set up and soon becomes inflexible, of one person always making the demands and one person always giving way. – Iris Murdoch

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Marriage
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The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe. – Iris Murdoch

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Survival
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Equality
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Democracy… is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike. – Plato

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Equality

My grandma (rest her soul) used to say, There were but two families in the world, have-much and have-little. – Miguel de Cervantes

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Equality

The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: Its a girl. – Shirley Chisholm

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Equality

When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman? – John Ball

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Equality

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Everyone should keep a mental wastepaper basket, and the older he grows, the more things will he promptly consign to it. – Samuel Butler

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People would like better batteries but they are wary of making investments. What is required is both a technology push and a market pull. – Donald Sadoway

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Technology has made it much easier to make and manipulate music. Studio-driven, machine-driven music does not always transcend into being a good live act. Many current acts are great live, but many cannot cut it live. The music is not organic. – Vivian Campbell

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Technology