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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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The Dodo never had a chance. He seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of becoming extinct and that was all he was good for.
Will Cuppy
Elizabeth Janeway
Born:
October 7, 1913
Died:
January 15, 2005
(aged 91)
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