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When I started law school I was shocked to learn that our legal system traditionally had the man as the head and master of the family. As late as the '70s and '80s when we were fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment, states like Louisiana still had a head and master law. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#equal #equal rights #family #fighting #had

Whatever I write, no matter how gray or dark the subject matter, it's still going to be a comic novel. ↗

— John Irving

#dark #going #gray #how #i

Women are called upon to defend every bit of progress we have made against particularly virulent attack. But we must also hold out a vision, put forth a positive agenda of what women need and want and then move forward toward that dream. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#agenda #also #attack #bit #called

After wrestling with myself for six months, I began medical treatment. During that time I started a band with some friends of mine called Jack's Car, but that didn't last. ↗

— Jack Irons

#band #began #called #car #during

I had wanted to play drums since the age of 9 when I saw a drum set in the window of a music store for the first time. We took lessons at a local music school and began playing together after about 6-9 months of lessons. ↗

— Jack Irons

#after #age #began #drum #drum set

I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times. ↗

— Jack Irons

#cities #couple #days #europe #i

It's always great to play a man who sets himself up to be punctured. ↗

— Jeremy Irons

#great #himself #man #play #sets

It was about this time that I began experiencing the beginnings of my battles with an anxiety disorder. We were touring a lot and there were some developing personal problems within the band. ↗

— Jack Irons

#anxiety #band #battles #began #beginnings

We completed and released "No Code" in 1996. We began some off and on touring for that release. ↗

— Jack Irons

#code #completed #off #release #released

"Yield" was completed in 1997 and released in 1998. In the spring of 1997, I had made a decision to stop taking medications that I had been taking daily since 1988. ↗

— Jack Irons

#completed #daily #decision #had #i