Johanna Siguroardottir Quotes
A society that does not use the intellectual power of its female population fully is not a wise society. Most women are not as tainted by mistakes in the conduct of the economy as the male population, and now they deserve an opportunity.
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A government capable of controlling the whole, and bringing its force to a point, is one of the prerequisites for national liberty. We combine in society, with an expectation to have our persons and properties defended against unreasonable exactions either at home or abroad.
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Truth in our society often takes a back seat to securing gainful consequences.
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When people lack jobs, opportunity, and ownership of property they have little or no stake in their communities.
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That men should live honestly, quietly, and comfortably together, it is needful that they should live under a sense of God's will, and in awe of the divine power, hoping to please God, and fearing to offend Him, by their behaviour respectively.
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Contemporary art will help me to modernise our society.
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Do I feel that white directors have to tell only white stories? No. Do I feel that black filmmakers should only tell stories about black people? No. If we say that, then that means Asian people cannot write about anybody but Asians. I don't think a woman should only write about women.
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Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.
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When I speak out against the guns or against the big corporations, some of my friends say, 'Oh Yoko, be careful. These people have all the power.' But, you know, most people don't speak out because they are frightened.
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I don't know if women are meant to run, especially after having kids.
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Rising anti-Semitism is rarely the lone or the last expression of intolerance in a society.
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If Congress refuse to listen to and grant what women ask, there is but one course left then to pursue. What is there left for women to do but to become the mothers of the future government?
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Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power.
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I have observed that society in general always seems to honor its living conformists and its dead troublemakers.
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I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.
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I was a hired drummer for 3 Doors; there wasn't an opportunity for me to write.
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I know I'm never going to be one of those size 2 actresses – that's just not me. But I do want to be the healthiest I can be, and a role model to women of all shapes and sizes.
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As someone who specializes in deception, I'll tell you this much: When someone insistently implores, 'Believe me,' don't. Pleading 'believe me' or 'trust me' - insisting to people that you are telling the truth - is a tell-tale sign that you probably aren't.
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We are not yet a society free of sexism, and this will continue to be an issue for all women candidates.
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I've always been comfortable working with women and I've had two happy marriages. Draw what conclusions you like from that.
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Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
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Weirdly, even as I became more confident as a writer and as a person, I completely lost faith in my own ability to shop for clothes.
Curtis Sittenfeld -
[He] saw that a peculiar expression had come into his nephew's face; an expression a little like that of a young hindu fakir who having settled himself on his first bed of spikes is beginning to wish that he had chosen one of the easier religions.
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A society that does not use the intellectual power of its female population fully is not a wise society. Most women are not as tainted by mistakes in the conduct of the economy as the male population, and now they deserve an opportunity.
