Clementine Ford (Clementine Shepherd Ford) Quotes
What all this tells me is that a large proportion of the people in positions of power across Australia - politicians and media pundits included - just don't consider the beating down of women to be of any consequence. Half the time they won't even acknowledge it, let alone take a stand against it, preferring instead to gaslight women and pretend it's all in their head. Are these the kinds of people we want making decisions for us? The ones who think mockery about women's genitals is bad when it targets no one in particular, but OK when it targets the Prime Minister?
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The Romantics were whipping boys of the New Criticism, but they appealed to me anyway. I was recalcitrant. It was clear to me that they had thought innovatively.
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Our parents all experimented with raising us in a fairly loose, unorthodox way. A huge emphasis was placed on creativity, and our artistic efforts were never dismissed as childish. There was a sense that we - kids and grown-ups - all had the potential to make something of value. Our drawings were not simply destined for the refrigerator.
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For the most part, I don't have a Facebook page; I don't Twitter.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used to read from it every night. We'd play this game of find Pluto or find Donald Duck. He'd read us stories and do all the voices. Those are great memories.
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Before breaking into music, I had various jobs: forklift driver, driving a courier. But I was forced into working rather than doing it off my own bat because that was my dad's way: you got a job and paid your way.
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I should confess that I'm woefully under-read in South African fiction.
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I believe that life is a journey towards God, and that no one has the right to insist that you go a certain road.
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I grew up pretty much with nothing.
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At the after-party of the Indy 500, I'm usually wearing jeans and a tank top.
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My best friend is my husband.
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Even in a bad market, location, location, location is a way to still buy and sell property.
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You look rather rash my dear your colors don't quite match your face.
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Oil is like a wild animal. Whoever captures it has it.
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I would love an upgrade from the Nielsen box; it feels so antiquated to me.
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Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes.
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People say they like my fashion-haul videos because it's like you've been shopping with your friends, and you look back over what you have bought.
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I don't see myself as famous; I see myself as a normal person with a job that is not very normal. My work life is very out there and very public. But I do my best to maintain my privacy.
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As I grow up, the lessons I learn in love and relationships and how we treat each other are hopefully maturing - hopefully.
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But I love to write music. What I would love to do is give some of the songs I write to someone like Taylor Swift because I feel like she could sing them.
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I'm a bit of a mongrel, really!
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The passions are the voice of the body.
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I come from a long line of people that write. My folks ran a weekly newspaper.
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What all this tells me is that a large proportion of the people in positions of power across Australia - politicians and media pundits included - just don't consider the beating down of women to be of any consequence. Half the time they won't even acknowledge it, let alone take a stand against it, preferring instead to gaslight women and pretend it's all in their head. Are these the kinds of people we want making decisions for us? The ones who think mockery about women's genitals is bad when it targets no one in particular, but OK when it targets the Prime Minister?
