Quotes with still-born

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  • Andrea Dworkin Woman is not born: she is made. In the making, her humanity is destroyed. She becomes symbol of this, symbol of that: mother of the earth, slut of the universe; but she never becomes herself because it is forbidden for her to do so.
    Andrea Dworkin
    American radical feminist and writer (1946 - 2005)
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  • Alexander Pope Woman's at best a contradiction still.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Clare Boothe Luce Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family.
    Clare Boothe Luce
    American diplomat and writer (1903 - 1987)
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  • Remy de Gourmont Women still remember the first kiss after men have forgotten the last.
    Remy de Gourmont
    French writer, poet and philosopher (1858 - 1915)
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  • Paula Nelson Women's battle for financial equality has barely been joined, much less won. Society still traditionally assigns to woman the role of money-handler rather than money-maker, and our assigned specialty is far more likely to be home economics than financial economics.
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  • Billie Jean King Women's sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women's sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships.
    Billie Jean King
    American tennis player (1943 - )
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  • James Baldwin Words like ''freedom,'' ''justice,'' ''democracy'' are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It takes enormous and, above all, individual effort to arrive at the respect for other people that these words imply.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Bertolt Brecht Worship with fulness of heart the weak memory of heaven!
    It cannot trace
    Either your name or your face
    Nobody knows you're still living.
    Poems, 1913-1956 Great hymn of thanksgiving [Grosser Dankchoral] (1
    Bertolt Brecht
    German - Austrian writer (1898 - 1956)
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  • Alexander Herzen Would it be possible to stand still on one spot more majestically - while simulating a triumphant march forward - than it is done by the two English Houses of Parliament?
    Alexander Herzen
    Russian journalist and political thinker (1812 - 1870)
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  • Ben Stein Yes, Americans can still get credit for cars and trucks and refrigerators, and those businesses are doing well. But just try to get a home loan now.
    Ben Stein
    American professor, writer
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  • Henry David Thoreau Yet some can be patriotic who have no self-respect, and sacrifice the greater to the less. They love the soil which makes their graves, but have no sympathy with the spirit which may still animate their clay. Patriotism is a maggot in their heads.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Jean Baudrillard You are born modern, you do not become so.
    Jean Baudrillard
    French sociologist and philosopher. (1929 - 2007)
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  • Vauvenargues You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.
    Vauvenargues
    French philosopher (1715 - 1747)
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  • Billy Koch You can ask anybody in the room. My numbers are the worst in here but I'm still a jerk to everybody, yelling at everybody, getting them going. Once I get it back, then I'll be even worse to the guys.
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  • Carine Roitfeld You can be beautiful with big breasts; you can be beautiful in your 40s. If you don't have perfect ankles, still you can move your legs in a certain way and look very sexy.
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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  • Billie Holiday You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.
    Billie Holiday
    American jazz musician and singer-songwriter (1915 - 1959)
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  • Barry Ritholtz You can blow on the dice all you want, but whether they come up 'seven' is still a function of random luck.
    Barry Ritholtz
    American author and newspaper columnist
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  • Bronson Pinchot You can have a knack for dancing, but you still have to practice till your feet are bleeding to be worthy of being in front of an audience.
    Bronson Pinchot
    American actor (1959 - )
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  • Bobby Bowden You can live by biblical principles, and you can teach by those principles and still be a winner. So many coaches think you've got to kick your players in the rear end. You've got to cuss them out. You've got to hit them across the head. No. You don't have to do that.
    Bobby Bowden
    American football coach (1929 - )
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  • Mohsin Hamid You can live in the same city your entire life and still be completely a foreigner when you step out, in your old age, onto the street.
    Mohsin Hamid
    British Pakistani novelist, writer (1971 - )
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