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Marjorie Joyner Quotes

1896–1994 United States

Marjorie Joyner (née Stewart; October 24, 1896 – December 27, 1994) was an American businesswoman, hair care entrepreneur, philanthropist, educator, and activist. Joyner is noted for being the first African-American woman to create and patent a permanent hair-wave machine.

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"Radio is a bag of mediocrity where little men with carbon minds wallow in sluice of their own making.

There is nothing a woman can't do. Men might think they do things all by themselves but a woman is always there guiding them or helping them."

There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exactly where they belong. Connery's one.

Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could

If you were not a sinful, polluted, helpless, and miserable creature, this Savior would not be suited to you, and you would not be comprehended in his gracious invitations to the children of men.

The establishment is made up of little men, very frightened

All of the men on my staff can type.

The advertising world had space men in it before spacemen existed

If these men decided that they have to go in there and fight, I want them to send their own children and grandchildren. I want them to not send a bunch of strangers' kids in there to fight and die.

Men can do all things if they will

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Marjorie Joyner (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.