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Agnes Macphail

"It is a fact that all women contribute more to marriage than men; for the most part they have to change their place of living, their method of work, a great many women today changing their occupation entirely on marriage; and they must even change their name."

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"It is a fact that all women contribute more to marriage than men; for the most part they have to change their place of living, their method of work, a great many women today changing their occupation entirely on marriage; and they must even change their name."

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Amber Hurdle

"Anyone that refuses to grow will remain in the past. It is a demand of life."

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"Since when has corruption everywhere, homes, streets, offices, become a Nigerian factor."

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"You realize you can't change the world but it shouldn't stop you from trying."

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Amber Hurdle

"To really change the world, we have to help people change the way they see things."

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Amber Hurdle

"No one on earth is "functionless". The problem we usually have is that functions of people are being displayed in the wrong positions! Change position!"

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"Such is life. We grow up. Planets like Tiny get new moons. Moons like me get new planets."

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"I had to make a drastic change at Sun Records and I didn't really appreciate country music until I went there."

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"As a standup, I try to change the world. As an entertainer, I try to entertain. And as a lesbian, I try to pick up the prettiest girl in the room."

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"Clever nations are the ones who keep changing their governments! Because power must change hands otherwise it will get spoiled and rot!"

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"By taking systematic actions and by focusing on beauty, for sure we can change our society."

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"I want for myself what I want for other women, absolute equality."
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"I believe the preservation of the home in the future lies almost entirely in the hands of men."
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"I owed it to my father that I was elected to Parliament in the first place, but I owed it to my mother that I stuck it out once I got there."
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"When I first came to the House of Commons and walked out into the lobby, men sprang to their feet. I asked them to sit down since I'd come to walk around. I didn't want them doing me favours."
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"I do not want to be the angel of any home: I want for myself what I want for other women, absolute equality. After that is secured, then men and women can take turns being angels."
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"Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone."
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"Whatever is dirty, it is women's job to clean up, or drive some man to clean up, and that goes for everything from cellar to senate."
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"Most of the women who have offered themselves for public office over the years have done so, I believe, more because of the 'dirt' than in spite of it."
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"If the preservation of the home means the enslavement of women, economically or morally, then we had better break it."
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"If they are willing to give women economic freedom in that home, if they are willing to live by the standard they wish women to live by, then homes will be preserves."
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