#or

The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this is one cause of the serious misunderstandings that divide them. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#cause #divide #love #means #misunderstandings

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#enough #every #into #live #long

Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#broken #caresses #complete #demands #kind

According to Teenage Research Unlimited, 51 percent of 13-15 year olds say they will be faced with making a decision regarding alcohol in the next three months. ↗

— Xavier Becerra

#alcohol #decision #faced #making #months

According to the American Heart Association, the prevalence of hypertension in African Americans in the United States is among the highest in the world. ↗

— Xavier Becerra

#african #african americans #american #among #association

But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this regrettable chapter in our Nation's history. ↗

— Xavier Becerra

#after #chapter #civil #civil liberties #close

The Smithsonian museums are among this country's most endearing treasures and I look forward to helping maintain and enhance their coveted works of art. ↗

— Xavier Becerra

#art #country #coveted #endearing #enhance

Twenty million more have Chronic Kidney Disease, where patients experience a gradual deterioration of kidney function, the end result of which is kidney failure. ↗

— Xavier Becerra

#deterioration #disease #end #end result #experience

We are on pace this year to have a trade deficit that is larger than $800 billion. We have never faced that before, but we continue to put forward trade agreements like these that leave us naked to competition that is neither free nor fair. ↗

— Xavier Becerra

#before #billion #competition #continue #deficit

Writing this book feels like a completely different activity from writing my comic strip because it's about real life. I feel like I'm using a part of my brain that's been dormant until now. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#activity #because #been #book #brain