Millicent Fawcett Quotes
A large part of the present anxiety to improve the education of girls and women is also due to the conviction that the political disabilities of women will not be maintained.
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I was a confused young girl with so much tragedy. Sometimes when you're going through stuff, the last person you're thinking exists is God. I mean, it was my confusion, the anger that was in my heart, all that drama. But thank God I know God now, okay?
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I wish somebody would have told me, 'Don't try too hard,' because when I was younger I wanted to try really hard. I wanted to please everybody and be this perfect, polite little girl.
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We did some research that showed that the very first word of your message that you send a girl - when we looked at men sending messages to women - the very first word can have a tremendous... can have a very accurate prediction of whether you're going to get a reply.
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In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex.
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How little the public realizes what a girl must go through before she finally appears before the spotlight that is thrown upon the stage.
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It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time.
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Christians who have influence in political life must feel as individuals responsibility in front of their own faith. And the duty of encouraging laws that are not in contradiction with the Commandments comes within the mission of the Church.
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Being Muslim has become synonymous with pointed questions, with tension and mistrust, even with conflict. It has become a global phenomenon with profound consequences for inter-communal relations, political rhetoric and policies at the local, regional, national and international level.
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I hated cracking the whip, and these juries turn into political things.
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All conviction - and so, necessarily, conversion - is based on the motor and emotional aspects of the mind.
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I sought in political reporting what Galsworthy in another context had called 'the significant trifle' - the bit of dialogue, the overlooked fact, the buried observation which illuminated the realities of the situation.
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You look like a perfect fitFor a girl in need of a tourniquet.
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Man is by nature a political animal.
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Today, the growers are like a punch-drunk old boxer who doesn't know he's past his prime. The times are changing. The political and social environment has changed. The chickens are coming home to roost - and the time to account for past sins is approaching.
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There will always be a measure of calculated risk-taking in manufacturing fame, especially in a deeply divided political climate.
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I was a very good girl for a long time, that's what really drew me to acting. The stage was the perfect place to be outrageous, to be sad, to be angry, to be all these different things.
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I am the youngest of four children - three boys and one girl. I don't think becoming an actor had anything to do with seeking attention, though. My relationship with my siblings when I was growing up was close and playful.
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Thoughtful people of different political philosophies can disagree, but in a very agreeable manner.
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New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.
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The biggest part of my life is my son.
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My camps are always ten weeks. That's what makes me comfortable.
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Sol found their tracts the usual combination of double talk and navel lint-gathering common to most religions.
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We want to feel that this earth is all ours, like our parents' house when we were children.
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A large part of the present anxiety to improve the education of girls and women is also due to the conviction that the political disabilities of women will not be maintained.
