I would like to see every woman know how to handle guns as naturally as they know how to handle babies.
ANNIE OAKLEYHousework is work directly opposed to the possibility of human self-actualization.
More Annie Oakley Quotes
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After traveling through fourteen foreign countries and appearing before all the royalty and nobility I have only one wish today. That is that when my eyes are closed in death that they will bury me back in that quiet little farm land where I was born.
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Any woman who does not thoroughly enjoy tramping across the country on a clear frosty morning with a good gun and a pair of dogs does not know how to enjoy life.
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I ain’t afraid to love a man. I ain’t afraid to shoot him either.
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Even in the best and most peacefully civilized countries many occasions arise when a woman versed in the knowledge and use of fire arms may find that information and skill of great importance.
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Housework is work directly opposed to the possibility of human self-actualization.
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I ain’t afraid to love a man.
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My mother, was perfectly horrified when I began shooting and tried to keep me in school, but I would run away and go quail shooting in the woods or trim my dresses with wreaths of wildflowers.
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God intended women to be outside as well as men, and they do not know what they are missing when they stay cooped up in the house.
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Clearly, society has a tremendous stake in insisting on a woman’s natural fitness for the career of mother: the alternatives are all too expensive.
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Being a good mother does not call for the same qualities as being a good housewife; a dedication to keeping children clean and tidy may override an interest in their separate development as individuals.
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Aim at a high mark and you will hit it.
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For me, sitting still is harder than any kind of work.
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Families are nothing other than the idolatry of duty.
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Any woman who does not thoroughly enjoy tramping across the country on a clear frosty morning with a good gun and a pair of dogs does not know how to enjoy life.
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If love means that one person absorbs the other, then no real relationship exists any more. Love evaporates; there is nothing left to love. The integrity of self is gone.
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