Quote by Agnes Smedley
And the woman who could win the respect of man was often the woman

And the woman who could win the respect of man was often the woman who could knock him down with her bare fists and sit on him until he yelled for help. – Agnes Smedley

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Like all my family and class, I considered it a sign of weakness to show affection to have been caught kissing my mother would have been a disgrace, and to have shown affection for my father would have been a disaster. – Agnes Smedley

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Family
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My mother listened to all the news from the camp during the strike. She said little, especially when my father or the men who worked for him were about I remember her instinctive and unhesitating sympathy for the miners. – Agnes Smedley

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Sympathy
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Now, being a girl, I was ashamed of my body and my lack of strength. So I tried to be a man. I shot, rode, jumped, and took part in all the fights of the boys. – Agnes Smedley

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strength
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I hate to say it, but the truth is that the upscale line is where I get respect as a designer. The higher the price range, the higher the respect level from the industry, even though its much easier to make a great $500 dress than a great $100 dress. – Betsey Johnson

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Nonetheless, do I have respect for people who believe in the hereafter? Of course I do. I might add, perhaps even a touch of envy too, because of the solace. – Studs Terkel

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I respect the game that goes on of putting this against that, but I dont respect, nor do I enjoy, an awful lot of the actual programs that go on the air. – Roone Arledge

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I have great respect and understanding for military commitment due to my own familys involvement with the armed forces. – Carolyn Murphy

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No one does anything from a single motive. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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