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We expect definitions to tell us not only what is, but what to do about it; to show us how the world fits together and how its different parts connect and work.... A label is the first step toward action.

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The greatest barrier to women's advance in the public world of action has been their acquiescence in the idea that they don't belong out there.

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Mistrust must be acted on, and effective action by the ruled is not solitary and singular, but joint and repeated.

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Reaction isn't action — that is, it isn't truly creative.

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By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the Americans serving on Iwo island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.
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Elizabeth Janeway

Elizabeth Janeway

Born: October 7, 1913
Died: January 15, 2005 (aged 91)
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