Gabrielle Burton quotes
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“Great parts of our economy are directly dependent upon women having a weak self-concept. A multi-billion dollar fashion-cosmetic industry testifies to the validity of this approach. A woman who does not know who she is can be sold anything.”
-- Gabrielle BurtonSource : Gabrielle Burton (1972). “I'm Running Away from Home, But I'm Not Allowed to Cross the Street: A Primer of Women's Liberation”
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“No one has a corner on depression, but housewives are working on it.”
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“I have a friend who loves housework. Honest, she loves all housework. All day long she moves from one chore to the next, smiling the whole time. I went over there one day and begged her to tell me her secret. It's simple, she said, right after breakfast you light up a joint.”
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“you'd definitely think of me more as a good sport than as an athlete.”
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“A man loves a woman so much, he asks her to marry - to change her name, quit her job, have and raise his babies, be home when he gets there, move where his job is. You can hardly imagine what he might ask if he didn't love her.”
-- Gabrielle Burton
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“we are the ones we have been waiting for”
Source : Alice Walker (2013). “The World Has Changed: Conversations with Alice Walker”, p.342, The New Press
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“I was in a fashion show and I had on a strapless top. When I got to the end the top was down”
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“I don't recall having any self-awareness about the intricacy of my stories.”
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