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Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard work." (Claiming an Education, 1977) ↗

— Adrienne Rich

#empowerment #feminism #independent-thought #responsibility #self-determination

That is what I always tell service clubs: If you hear of somebody who is very young and talented, pick them up and give them that little assistance to make sure that they get to the professional stage. ↗

— Maureen Forrester

#assistance #clubs #get #give #hear

Unfortunately I had an ankle problem and underwent three operations. ↗

— Jessica Brown Findlay

#had #i #operations #problem #three

By Rice's own standards, the war was well underway by the time he took office. He was a war president the moment he took the oath. But did he act like one? ↗

— Howard Fineman

#by the time #did #like #moment #oath

The notion of a neutral, mainstream national media gained dominance only in World War II and in its aftermath, when what turned out to be a temporary moderate consensus came to govern the country. ↗

— Howard Fineman

#came #consensus #country #dominance #gained

It is a grave matter to enter a war, without adequate military preparation; it may prove fatal to come into peace, without moral and religious preparation. ↗

— Louis Finkelstein

#come #enter #fatal #grave #into

From the long range point of view, I do not know of anything we can do more important than to make some contribution to the preservation of religion as a vital force in America. ↗

— Louis Finkelstein

#anything #contribution #force #i #i do

If the work is pure then you have to think it could be understood. If it is not understood it doesn't mean that your work is not accessible. It doesn't worry me, but, of course, I would be pleased if people liked my work. ↗

— Ian Hamilton Finlay

#could #course #i #liked #me

Real change isn't found in some new way to think about yourself, but in freedom from the need to think about yourself at all. ↗

— Guy Finley

#change #found #freedom #freedom from #need

The strength of any weakness within us is the degree to which it is feared. ↗

— Guy Finley

#degree #feared #strength #us #weakness