"If so few female geniuses are found in history, it is because society denies them any means of expression."

Society, Gender, History, Expression, Opportunity

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"If so few female geniuses are found in history, it is because society denies them any means of expression."

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"Show me a man or a woman alone and I'll show you a saint. Give me two and they'll fall in love. Give me three and they'll invent the charming thing we call 'society'. Give me four and they'll build a pyramid. Give me five and they'll make one an outcast. Give me six and they'll reinvent prejudice. Give me seven and in seven years they'll reinvent warfare. Man may have been made in the image of God, but human society was made in the image of His opposite number, and is always trying to get back home."

Stephen King, American Author

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"Your water is in the bottles, and my water is in the bucket, but we are brothers? I am collecting garbage, and you are in the bed, but we are sisters? My fingers are broken, and your hands are so soft, but we are family? Your God is like an angel, and my God is like an evil, but we are equal? My stomach is empty, and your stomach is so big, but we are humans?"

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"PLEASE and THANK YOU...two polite phrases which are slowly disappearing from our vocabulary."

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"Women who don't like the rules change the rules."

Toni Sorenson, American Author

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"Large families are communities unto their own."

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