Quote by Isabel Allende
Feminism is dated? Yes, for privileged women like my daughter and

Feminism is dated? Yes, for privileged women like my daughter and all of us here today, but not for most of our sisters in the rest of the world who are still forced into premature marriage, prostitution, forced labor – they have children that they dont want or they cannot feed. – Isabel Allende

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The fact that I am a writer comes from the experience of being cut away from my roots and living in Venezuela, where I couldnt find a place for myself, for years and years. – Isabel Allende

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What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse. – Isabel Allende

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Fear
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Giving women education, work, the ability to control their own income, inherit and own property, benefits the society. If a woman is empowered, her children and her family will be better off. If families prosper, the village prospers, and eventually so does the whole country. – Isabel Allende

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Marriage encourages the men and women who together create life to unite in a bond for the protection of children. – Jack Kingston

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No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman. – Honore de Balzac

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Three things drive a man outdoors; smoke, a leaking roof and a scolding wife. – Proverb

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Sometimes I bust out and do things so permanent. Like tattoos and marriage. – Drew Barrymore

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