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Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my pa

Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black. – Shirley Chisholm

Other quotes by Shirley Chisholm

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

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Equality
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Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt. – Shirley Chisholm

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Society
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It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need to escape from a harsh reality. There are more television addicts, more baseball and football addicts, more movie addicts, and certainly more alcohol addicts in this country than there are narcotics addicts. – Shirley Chisholm

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Recovery (addiction/alcoholism)
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Other Quotes from
Prejudice
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No man has ever been born a Negro hater, a Jew hater, or any other kind of hater. Nature refuses to be involved in such suicidal practices. – Harry Bridges

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Prejudice

Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds. – Albert Einstein

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Prejudice

It is just as impossible to help reform by conciliating prejudice as it is by buying votes. Prejudice is the enemy. Whoever is not for you is against you. – John Jay Chapman

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Prejudice

Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed from inexperience of the world, and ignorance of mankind. – Joseph Addison

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Prejudice

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Knowing that you are completely forgiven destroys the power of sin in your life. – Joseph Prince

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power

I think a lot of people get so obsessed with the wedding and the expense of the wedding that they miss out on what the real purpose is. Its not about a production number, its about a meaningful moment between two people thats witnessed by people that they actually really know and care about. – Jane Seymour

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wedding

All I wanted was to be a university teacher. – Jalal Talabani

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teacher

When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. When he destroys one of the works of god we call him a sportsman. – Joseph Wood Krutch

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Environment