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Quote by Julie Burchill
As I get older I think, contrary to modern assumption but in line

As I get older I think, contrary to modern assumption but in line with the old Lerner and Lowe song, that it would actually benefit both them and society if – to quote Professor Higgins – a woman could be more like a man. – Julie Burchill

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We are used to female writers who use their private lives as unmitigated material being somewhat hormonal this somehow excuses what might be seen as a highly unfeminine ability to turn their personal upsets into money. – Julie Burchill

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One Christmas build-up tradition, however, has totally bypassed me – that of going up to town and doing a show. – Julie Burchill

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The Feminist Me says that a womans right to her own body should be inviolate at all times, free from fear of peeping paps. – Julie Burchill

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Conservatism is a hard choice for a society that has become accustomed to big government and big entitlements promoted by liberals. – Jesse Helms

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It is our destiny to be born beautiful into an ugly age. – Henry Rollins

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When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself. – Isaac Asimov

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These groups within a society can he distinguished according as to whether, like an army or an orchestra, they function as a single body or whether they are united merely to defend their common interests and otherwise function as separate individuals. – Herbert Read

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