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Henri Frederic Amiel

"Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves."

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"Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves."

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"Unless we include a job as part of every citizen's right to autonomy and personal fulfillment, women will continue to be vulnerable to someone else's idea of what need is."

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"Because I have work to care about, it is possible that I may be less difficult to get along with than other women when the double chins start to form."

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"Most women's magazines simply try to mold women into bigger and better consumers."

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"The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women."

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"What, sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? They would be scarce, sir, almighty scarce."

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"Women may not have it easy, but we are given a fairer chance to reach for the top."

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"What has the women's movement learned from Geraldine Ferraro's candidacy for vice president? Never get married."

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"I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians."

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"If women have young children, they are one man away from welfare."

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"No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair play, if his work depends in any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at home, or in the office."

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"Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty."
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"Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy."
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"To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy."
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"Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults, a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite sin."
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"Order is a great person's need and their true well being."
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"There is no respect for others without humility in one's self."
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"Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not."
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