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Patriarchy is like the elephant in the room that we dont talk abou

Patriarchy is like the elephant in the room that we dont talk about, but how could it not affect the planet radically when its the superstructure of human society. – Ani DiFranco

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Maybe you dont like your job, maybe you didnt get enough sleep, well nobody likes their job, nobody got enough sleep. Maybe you just had the worst day of your life, but you know, theres no escape, theres no excuse, so just suck up and be nice. – Ani DiFranco

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I hate it when people dont recognize the work of women as being universal, or having any import to the world at large, as opposed to mens work, which is generally tends to be seen as more universal – mens writing about their own experience tends to be put in a broader context. – Ani DiFranco

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God forbid you be an ugly girl, course too pretty is also your doom, cause everyone harbors a secret hatred for the prettiest girl in the room. – Ani DiFranco

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I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion. – Thomas Jefferson

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Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society. – Hubert H. Humphrey

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All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual. – Albert Einstein

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Advertising reflects the mores of society, but it does not influence them. – David Ogilvy

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