#use

I shall have less cause to regret the carrying my intended purpose into effect, foreseeing that you may immediately fill with advantage, the vacancy which will presently happen. ↗

— Henry Laurens

#carrying #cause #effect #fill #happen

But one did not do feminist theory, as such, in those days, not only because male academic discourse did not recognize such a term, but especially because the women's movement did not either. ↗

— Teresa de Lauretis

#because #days #did #discourse #either

My cousin cleaned out a shotgun for me and let me carry it around the house, because he said, 'Anybody who knows anything about guns is going to know in a second if someone has held a gun before.' I didn't want to be that person. I wanted to be practiced. ↗

— Jennifer Lawrence

#anybody #anything #around #because #before

I just kind of opened up and said, 'I feel like a rag doll. I have hair and makeup people coming to my house every day and putting me in new, uncomfortable, weird dresses and expensive shoes, and I just shut down and raise my arms up for them to get the dress on, and pout my lips when they need to put the lipstick on.' ↗

— Jennifer Lawrence

#coming #day #doll #down #dress

For six years, from 1985 to 1991, I felt pretty weak and useless. ↗

— Ang Lee

#i #pretty #six #useless #weak

Because women still earn just 77 cents for every dollar men make. Those pennies add up to real money. ↗

— Lilly Ledbetter

#because #cents #dollar #earn #every

Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination. ↗

— Vin Scully

#illumination #like #much #statistics #support

You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here. ↗

— Harper Lee

#books #got #here #hitting #joke

I think family is very important in West Virginia and has long been so because the mountains made travel difficult in the past, and family members had to depend on each other. ↗

— David Selby

#been #depend #difficult #each #family

Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche. ↗

— Tanith Lee

#better #book #cliche #everyone #had