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Rebecca West

"I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat."

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"I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat."

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"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

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"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."

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"Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing."

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"Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted."

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"Give light and people will find the way."

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"A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths."

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"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."

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"People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not."

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"There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey."

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"A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the damned things is ample."
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"Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience."
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"I write books to find out about things."
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"International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge."
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"It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk."
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