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Somebody has said that woman's place is in the wrong. That's fine. What the wrong needs is a woman's presence and a woman's touch. She is far better equipped than men to set it right.

— James Thurber

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It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers.

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.

There are two kinds of light — the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures.

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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with Man is Man.

You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.

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