Mariella Frostrup Quotes

The point of the feminist movement wasn't simply to set our underwear on fire and muscle into small spaces in the male-dominated workplace, but to create a world where the contribution of both sexes was equally valued and no one's worth was judged on their take-home salary.

Mariella Frostrup

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I think each time you start a story or novel or whatever, you are absolutely at the bottom of the ladder all over again. It doesn't matter what you've done before.

Jhumpa Lahiri

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You only can live on adrenaline for so long; one thing is for sure, it doesn't pay the bills.

John Barrow

LiveLongYouPaySureBills

In seeking an empire of liberty, Jefferson wished not only to expand the country's territorial holdings, but also to extend American institutions around the globe.

Robert Dallek

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On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break.

Robert Anton Wilson

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I suppose I would still prefer to sit under a tree with a picnic basket rather than under a gas pump, but signs and comic strips are interesting as subject matter.

Roy Lichtenstein

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Sometimes at my performances, I see Peruvian flags in the audience. I've never seen, when an Italian sings, people with Italian flags. But with Peru, it's different: because there are not many famous people, they really celebrate the ones they have.

Juan Diego Florez

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The most important thing to realize is we're not blank slates at birth. We don't start off with nothing in our heads, and then get imprinted entirely by our environment. There's something in our heads on the day we're born, and then we grow up and make choices.

Jonathan Haidt

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War can be so impersonal yet when we put a name, a face, a place and match it to families, then war is not impersonal.

Dennis Kucinich

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I used to run 800 metres for the school.

Dele Alli

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All women should have the ability to get ahead with hard work, be treated fairly in the workplace, and live free from fear.

Conner Eldridge

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I know that there are coaches who do end up sleeping on the sofa in their office.

Chuck Pagano

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Anytime you get an opportunity to put more fun into the game, that's good. I've got a lot of positive energy.

Antonio Brown

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