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Quote by Shirley Chisholm
Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because

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

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The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: Its a girl. – Shirley Chisholm

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Equality
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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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Politics
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Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church. – Joseph Ratzinger

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Society

Art is the close scrutiny of reality and therefore I put on the stage only those things that I know happen in our society. – Edward Bond

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Society

Ive used drugs that I do consider to be dangerous, drugs that are potentially detrimental to kids and society at large. – Tim Robbins

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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense. – Gertrude Stein

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I do not intend to dispute in any way the need for defence cuts and the need for government spending cuts in general. I do not share a not in my backyard approach to government spending reductions. – Stephen Harper

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Chess is ruthless: youve got to be prepared to kill people. – Nigel Short

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I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman. – Shakira

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