Quotes with woman-knowledge

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  • Camille Paglia All the genres of philosophy, science, high art, athletics and politics were invented by men. But by the Promethean law of conflict and capture, woman has a right to seize what she will and vie with man on her own terms.
    Source: Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Juvenal All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
    Juvenal
    Roman poet
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  • Andrew Cohen Almost all the ideas we have about being a man or being a woman are so burdened with pain, anxiety, fear and self-doubt. For many of us, the confusion around this question is excruciating.
    Andrew Cohen
    American spiritual teacher (1955 - )
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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  • Barry Humphries Am I old-fashioned? I think I might be. I am a lucky woman, because I was born with a priceless gift... the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
    Source: Op Broadway in Dame Edna Back With A Vengeance 2004
    Barry Humphries
    Australian comedian, actor, artist, and author (1934 - 2023)
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  • Richard Burton An actor is something less than a man, while an actress is something more than a woman.
    Richard Burton
    Welsh actor (1925 - 1984)
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  • Agatha Christie An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have; the older she gets the more interested he is in her.
    Source: Life Magazine, 14 May 1956
    Agatha Christie
    British writer (1890 - 1976)
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  • Thomas à Kempis An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • Marie Carmichael Stopes An impersonal and scientific knowledge of the structure of our bodies is the surest safeguard against prurient curiosity and lascivious gloating.
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  • Carol Moseley Braun And frankly, being a woman I think gives me a slightly different take on a lot of the issues and on a lot of the solutions to the problems we face.
    Carol Moseley Braun
    American diplomat, politician, and lawyer (1947 - )
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  • Carol Bellamy And most importantly perhaps, children can learn about their rights, share their knowledge with the children of other nations, identify problems with them and establish how they might work together to address them.
    Carol Bellamy
    American nonprofit executive (1942 - )
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  • William Shakespeare And seeing ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.
    Source: Henry VI 4, 7
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • George Eliot And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Carine Roitfeld Anna Wintour is the most powerful woman in the global fashion industry, the first lady of fashion. She's a politician; I'm a stylist. They are two very different jobs.
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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  • Agatha Christie Any woman can fool a man if she wants to and if he's in love with her.
    Agatha Christie
    British writer (1890 - 1976)
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  • Gloria Steinem Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That's their natural and first weapon.
    Gloria Steinem
    American feminist writer (1934 - )
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  • Camille Paglia Any woman who stays with her abuser beyond the first incident is complicitous with him.
    Source: Vamps and Tramps (1994)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Margaret Thatcher Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.
    Margaret Thatcher
    British Prime Minister (1979-1990) (1925 - 2013)
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  • Sylvia Plath Apparently, the most difficult feat for a Cambridge male is to accept a woman not merely as feeling, not merely as thinking, but as managing a complex, vital interweaving of both.
    Sylvia Plath
    American poet (1932 - 1963)
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  • Byron Howard Ariel got me into animation. She was the first Disney heroine that really felt alive. She felt like a real young woman.
    Byron Howard
    American film director and producer (1968 - )
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