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Quote by Iris Murdoch
Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nym

Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph. – Iris Murdoch

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The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that love must change into some other love which is so unlike it that it can hardly be recognized as love at all. – Iris Murdoch

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Marriage
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Iris Murdoch
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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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Iris Murdoch
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Yes, its a mans world, but thats all right because theyre making a total mess of it. Were chipping away at their control, taking the parts we want. Some women think its a difficult task, but its not. – Cher

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Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speak by something outside himself like, for instance, he cant find any clean socks. – Jean Kerr

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Its so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think thats what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom. – Alice Walker

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People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because its safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs. – Alexei Sayle

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