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Marriage as an institution developed from rape as a practice. Rape, originally defined as abduction, became marriage by capture. Marriage meant the taking was to extend in time, to be not only use of but possession of, or ownership. ↗

— Andrea Dworkin

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You think intercourse is a private act; it's not, it's a social act. Men are sexually predatory in life; and women are sexually manipulative. When two individuals come together and leave their gender outside the bedroom door, then they make love. ↗

— Andrea Dworkin

#bedroom #come #door #gender #individuals

The majority of my work is from life. I spend most fine days from May to October painting outside. ↗

— John Dyer

#fine #i #life #majority #may

So at 16 I got a job at the local radio station. And I was working after school and weekends. I did the news; I did everything. I did - played records. ↗

— Dick Van Dyke

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It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top. ↗

— Hunter S. Thompson

#beyond #chain #civilization #ends #enter

I've brought the traditions from Spain to the United States: spending the afternoons with my husband and my son, enjoying the little things. ↗

— Paz Vega

#enjoying #husband #i #little #little things

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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My style go with me. It depend how I feel, what is my state of mind. ↗

— Paz Vega

#feel #go #how #i #i feel

The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at the end of that time he begins to mutter to himself, and calls out in his sleep. ↗

— James Thurber

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Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. ↗

— Charles Eastman

#friendship #held #severest #test