Subjection of any kind and in any place is beneath the dignity of man.
AGNES SMEDLEYI would not let it ruin me as it ruined others! I would speak only with money, hard money.
More Agnes Smedley Quotes
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I have loved and bitterness left me for that hour. But there are times when love itself is bitter.
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I shot, rode, jumped, and took part in all the fights of the boys.
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But I see no reason why a woman should not grow and develop in all those outlets which are suited to her nature, it matters not at all what they may be.
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Everybody calls everybody a spy, secretly, in Russia, and everybody is under surveillance. You never feel safe.
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And the woman who could win the respect of man was often the woman who could knock him down with her bare fists and sit on him until he yelled for help.
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It was a technical Marxist subject and I did not understand it nor did I know what questions to ask.
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Now, being a girl, I was ashamed of my body and my lack of strength. So I tried to be a man.
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Yet it is awful to love a person who is a torture to you. And a fascinating person who loves you and won’t hear of anything but your loving him and living right by his side through all eternity!
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My mother listened to all the news from the camp during the strike.
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In the little hall leading to it was a rack holding various Socialist or radical newspapers, tracts, and pamphlets in very small print and on very bad paper.
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But settled things were enemies to me and soon lost their newness and color. The unknown called.
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It is not a national question concerning India any longer; it is purely international.
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Much that we read of Russia is imagination and desire only.
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I joined another circle and the leader gave us a little leaflet in very small print, asking us to read it carefully and then come prepared to ask questions.
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But there were years when, in search of what I thought was better, nobler things I denied these, my people, and my family.
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