Quote by Shirley Chisholm
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At present, our country needs womens idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else. – Shirley Chisholm

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

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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics. – Barbara Bush

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This idea that a book can either be about character and feeling, or about politics and idea, is just a false binary. Ideas are an expression of the feelings and the intense emotions we hold about the world. – Richard Powers

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A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip. – Caskie Stinnett

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In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons. – Mary McCarthy

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