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Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

#compose #composition #down #every #every time

Woman must have her freedom, the fundamental freedom of choosing whether or not she will be a mother and how many children she will have. Regardless of what man’s attitude may be, that problem is hers — and before it can be his, it is hers alone. She goes through the vale of death alone, each time a babe is born. As it is the right neither of man nor the state to coerce her into this ordeal, so it is her right to decide whether she will endure it. ↗

— Margaret Sanger

#equality #freedom #motherhood #women #women-s-rights

During a political campaign everyone is concerned with what a candidate will do on this or that question if he is elected except the candidate; he's too busy wondering what he'll do if he isn't elected. ↗

— Everett Dirksen

#campaign #candidate #concerned #during #elected

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. ↗

— Walt Disney

#curiosity #curious #doing #doors #down

Life moves fast. As much as you can learn from your history, you have to move forward. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#forward #history #learn #life #move

The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique. ↗

— Walt Disney

#else #less #like #makes #more

A man should never neglect his family for business. ↗

— Walt Disney

#business #his #man #neglect #never

Writing is immensely difficult. The short forms especially. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

#especially #forms #immensely #short #writing

You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality. ↗

— Walt Disney

#build #create #dream #make #most

I have always been a good mimic. ↗

— Robin Wright Penn

#been #good #i #mimic