Quote by Adrienne Rich
Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the r

Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the rejection of a compulsory way of life. It is also a direct or indirect attack on the male right of access to women. – Adrienne Rich

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The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet. – Adrienne Rich

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Women
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The mothers battle for her child with sickness, with poverty, with war, with all the forces of exploitation and callousness that cheapen human life needs to become a common human battle, waged in love and in the passion for survival. – Adrienne Rich

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War
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Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power of our ultimate relationship to everything in the universe. – Adrienne Rich

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Women of the working class, especially wage workers, should not have more than two children at most. The average working man can support no more and and the average working woman can take care of no more in decent fashion. – Margaret Sanger

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My advice to the women of America is to raise more hell and fewer dahlias. – William Allen White

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Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why cant we just be the sexy American girl next door? – Tyra Banks

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Brains are an asset, if you hide them. – Mae West

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Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict. – Dag Hammarskjold

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In my old age, I have been thinking about this, and I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. – Oriana Fallaci

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