Katha Pollitt Quotes
Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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For most of my time in Tallahassee, I did a lot of transportation.
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I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
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I'm very proud of my Nigerian heritage. I wasn't fortunate enough to be raised in a heavy Nigerian environment, because my parents were always working. My father was with D.C. Cabs and my mother worked in fast food and was a nurse.
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Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?
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Clothes have to be simple and comfortable.
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Every university in America teaches 'Clockwork Orange.' I get fed up with it.
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I just want to do the best things I can do on the field, do the things I know how to in baseball, have fun.
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It is a great delusion in those whose understanding has been darkened by self-love, to think that there is any obedience in the subject who tries to draw the superior to what he wishes.
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I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.
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The first English settlers of North America knew they were making history. New Englanders in particular were so sure of it that they started writing their own accounts of themselves as soon as they got here.
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Work is so much fun that it doesn't really seem like downtime when I'm not. But cooking, spending time with my family, friends and dog are what I'm usually doing when I'm not working on something.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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He is very upbeat but we hear that all the time from just about any athlete.
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It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.
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I enjoy music so much; it's such a passion in my life, and I hope that comes across.
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I'm just going to have fun. Maybe that will be the most important thing to do.
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I have been in America only once since Mr. Clinton became your president - as a speaker at the United Nations.
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I was an umpire at little league softball games. I only lasted a few games because I wasn't one hundred percent clear on all the rules.
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I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was always financial strife.
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Traditional models of work only let us cross out the needs on the very bottom of the pyramid - basic sustenance. On the flipside, independent employment within the network of the new sharing economy addresses our needs for a sense of community and belonging, autonomy and respect, creativity and problem solving.
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We need to understand that there is no formula for how women should lead their lives. that is why we must respect the choices that each woman makes for herself and her family. Every woman deserves the chance to realize her God-given potential.
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When I became the CEO of Burberry in July 2006, luxury was one of the fastest-growing sectors in the world.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
