#men

When I was fighting communism, there was rapid development of satellite television and cell phones, and communism, to survive, would have to block all these information devices. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#cell #cell phones #communism #development #devices

I'm not convinced that women have the education or the sense of their own history enough or that they understand the cruelty of which men are capable and the delight that many men will take in seeing you choose to chain yourself - then they get to say 'See, you did it yourself.' ↗

— Alice Walker

#chain #choose #convinced #cruelty #delight

I just like to have words that describe things correctly. Now to me, 'black feminist' does not do that. I need a word that is organic, that really comes out of the culture, that really expresses the spirit that we see in black women. And it's just... womanish. ↗

— Alice Walker

#comes #correctly #culture #describe #does

It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom. ↗

— Alice Walker

#bloom #cherish #cherished #clear #every

My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap. ↗

— Alice Walker

#against #coconut #collapsing #defending #father

Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom. ↗

— Alice Walker

#active #active life #clearly #elder #especially

Our recent 5-year labour agreements, in Canada as well as the United States, are based upon experience, logic and principle rather than on pressure, propaganda and force. ↗

— Charles E. Wilson

#based #canada #experience #force #labour

Your future is still before you. Your land is a vast storehouse of mineral and agricultural wealth awaiting further development for the benefit of mankind. It potentialities are magnificent. ↗

— Charles E. Wilson

#awaiting #before #benefit #development #further

A symphony is a stage play with the parts written for instruments instead of for actors. ↗

— Colin Wilson

#instruments #parts #play #stage #stage play

The education of women is the best way to save the environment. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#best way #education #environment #save #way