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		I think it's harder to write about joy than pain, isn't it?
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
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		The society Shakespeare knew was heading for tremendous change, and he seems to have recognized that and written about it in a coded way. I understand those codes, I think.
	
	  Vanessa Redgrave Vanessa Redgrave
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		The mood of the 80s - Get what you can, can what you get, and sit on the can.
	
	  Patricia Schroeder Patricia Schroeder
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		No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken to individualize - as her personal problem - observations she makes about the beauty myth in society.
	
	  Naomi Wolf Naomi Wolf
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		I just think that if one is going to preach nonviolence and one is going to advocate for nonviolence, one's standard should be consistent.
	
	  Ta-Nehisi Coates Ta-Nehisi Coates
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		Too often, older women are seen as victims, but I know lots of formidable women who have marvellous jobs as well as a full erotic life, and children and friends and family.
	
	  Francesca Annis Francesca Annis
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		Not all lies are harmful. Sometimes we're willing participants in deception for the sake of social dignity, maybe to keep a secret that should be kept secret, secret. We say, 'Nice song.' 'Honey, you don't look fat in that, no.'
	
	  Pamela Meyer Pamela Meyer
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		I'm a firm believer that you get back what you put in.
	
	  Jinder Mahal Jinder Mahal
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		'Grigory Petrovitch, let us weep, let us weep with joy!' he said in a thin voice, and then at once burst out laughing in a loud bass guffaw. 'Ho-ho-ho! This is a fine daughter-in-law for you too! Everything is in its place in her; all runs smoothly, no creaking, the mechanism works well, lots of screws in it.'
	
	  Anton Chekhov Anton Chekhov
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		Illness or pain is just an extension of negative emotion. When you are no longer feeling any resistance to it, it's a non-issue.
	
	  Esther Hicks Esther Hicks
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		But I am, personally, not a gambler. I wouldn’t spend £1 on the lottery, let alone take a punt on a pregnancy. The stakes are far, far too high. I can’t agree with a society that would force me to bet on how much I could love under duress.
	
	  Caitlin Moran Caitlin Moran
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		When I'm actually writing by hand, I get more of a sense of the rhythm of sentences, of syntax. The switch to the computer is when I actually start thinking about lines. That's the workhorse part. At that point, I'm being more mathematical about putting the poem on the page and less intuitive about the rhythm of the syntax.
	
	  Natasha Trethewey Natasha Trethewey
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		I think it's harder to write about joy than pain, isn't it?
	
	  Jamie Parker Jamie Parker