There have been women in the past far more daring than we would need to be now, who … - Germaine Greer

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I don't think that life happens by sitting back and waiting. People hold their cards so tight to their chest. Life is short. Tell people you love them. What's the worst that's going to happen?

Germaine Greer

There have been women in the past far more daring than we would need to be now, who ventured all and gained a little, but survived after all.

Littles, Needs, Past, Survived, Ventured, Women

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I'm passionately opposed to the nuclear family, with its mom and dad and their 2. 4 children. I think it's the most neurotic life-style ever developed.

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Most people die in improvised circumstances of harassment and confusion, whether in hospital or out of it.

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Kinkiness comes from low energy. It's the substitution of lechery for lust.

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Once a paper admits any principle of censorship for survival, the we-don't-want-to-do-it-but-we-don't-want-to-lose-the-printer kind of censorship, it jeopardizes the integrity of its editorial principle. It's better to print and be damned, because you'll be damned anyway.

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The treatment for jaded sensibilities is not to shatter them, after all.

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At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book—that string of confused, alien ciphers—shivered into meaning. Words spoke to you, gave up their secrets; at that moment, whole universes opened. You became, irrevocably, a reader.

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Drew Barrymore

I don't think that life happens by sitting back and waiting. People hold their cards so tight to their chest. Life is short. Tell people you love them. What's the worst that's going to happen?

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Barbara Fredrickson

Positivity doesn't just change the contents of your mind. . . It widens the span of possibilities that you see.

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Edward Abbey

Wilderness. The word itself is music.

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Doris Day

Older, younger, anyone can help. We've learned that our legislators listen, and people with passionate and thoughtful concerns make a difference every day. We've had constituents initiate legislation, lobby for it, organize meetings and events, and, of course, call, mail, e-mail and visit legislators to express their views. It's really great to see how much difference that individuals can make.

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