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Eleanor Clift

"You get elected, often, if you're a woman, on the strength of the women's vote; then you get into office, and you have to adapt to an overwhelmingly male environment."

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"You get elected, often, if you're a woman, on the strength of the women's vote; then you get into office, and you have to adapt to an overwhelmingly male environment."

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"The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized."

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"Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads."

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"You have been told that, even like a chain, you are as weak as your weakest link.This is but half the truth.You are also as strong as your strongest link.To measure you by your smallest deed is to reckon the power of the oceanby the frailty of its foam.To judge you by your failures is to cast blame upon the seasons for their inconstancy."

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"Unless you refuse the bad things happening to you, you will continue to suffer with your own consent!"

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"When we feel ourselves very weak, life will look immensely powerful and ruthless! The extent of our power is the key factor in determining how powerful life is! The stronger we are the weaker the life will be!"

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"Her eyes were full of a hot liquid (she did not think of tears at first) which, without disturbing the firmness of her lips, made the air thick, rolled down her cheeks. She had perfect control of herself-Oh, yes!-in every other way."

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"Happiness has two hands: one with strength for lifting up heavy hearts and a gentle hand for tickling."

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"Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed."

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"She would roll up her sleeves and dispense with sentimentality, and do whatever blood-soaked, bad-smelling thing had to be done. She would become adept with axes."

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"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls, the most massive characters are seared with scars."

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"Hospice means end-of-life care. The admission ticket is a diagnosis from a doctor that you have six months or less to live."
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