“Only the most unapologetic biblical fundamentalists, for instance, take every biblical injunction literally. If we all took all scripture at the same level of authority, then we would be more open to slavery, to the subjugation of women, to wider use of stoning. Jesus himself spoke out frequently against divorce in the strongest of terms.”
— Jon Meacham
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“Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom.”
— Alice Walker
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“Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.”
— Marlene Dietrich
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“Hundreds of thousands of American servicemen and women are deployed across the world in the war on terror. By bringing hope to the oppressed, and delivering justice to the violent, they are making America more secure.”
— George W. Bush
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“Women need a reason to have sex. Men just need a place.”
— Billy Crystal
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“I go out with white women. This makes a lot of people unhappy, mostly black women.”
— Dennis Rodman
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“Write in such a way as that you can be readily understood by both the young and the old, by men as well as women, even by children.”
— Ho Chi Minh
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“It is the most sensual men who need to flee women and torment their bodies.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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“If one could be friendly with women, what a pleasure – the relationship so secret and private compared with relations with men. Why not write about it truthfully?”
— Virginia Woolf
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“I became obsessed with all these women who die never feeling they did anything extraordinary with their lives.”
— Salma Hayek
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“The 2012 London Olympic Games fostered a generation of hope. I witnessed women participating for the very first time, representing every nation.”
— Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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