W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes
The world still wants to ask that a woman primarily be pretty and if she is not, the mob pouts and asks querulously, 'What else are women for?
W. E. B. Du Bois
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It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way.
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Selling is a natural skill. It's developed as a child. You may know it as persuasion.
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The world still wants to ask that a woman primarily be pretty and if she is not, the mob pouts and asks querulously, 'What else are women for?
W. E. B. Du Bois
