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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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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 love a self-confident bald man. – Larry David

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She belongs to a race of delightful women, who never do any harm, whom everybody calls good, and who are very severe on those who do not pretend to be good. – Gilbert Parker

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I think I am really irreverent and I pretty much just talk to and about men the way men talk to and about women. – Kesha

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There is a pride, a self-love, in human minds that will seldom be kept so low as to make men and women humbler than they ought to be. – Samuel Richardson

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More flies are caught with honey than with vinegar. – Proverb

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Familiarity breeds contempt — and children. – Mark Twain, Notebooks, 1935

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We can never, ever say it enough: every woman – especially every young woman-has to take charge of her health… and do whats right for her! – Debbie Wasserman Schultz

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Im asked all the time in interviews about who I am, and I know a few people my age who have a strong sense of self, but I couldnt say I know myself and sum it up and give it to you in a little package. I dont know myself at all yet. – Kristen Stewart

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