No one yet knows what a man’s province is, and how far that province, as conceived of today, is artificial.
AGNES SMEDLEYBut 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.
More Agnes Smedley Quotes
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Subjection of any kind and in any place is beneath the dignity of man.
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I believe only in money, not in love or tenderness. Love and tenderness meant only pain and suffering and defeat.
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Professors could silence me then; they had figures, diagrams, maps, books.
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I shot, rode, jumped, and took part in all the fights of the boys.
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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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The highest joy is to fight by the side of those who for any reason of their own making or ours, are unable to develop to full human stature.
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I have no objection to a man being a man, however masculine that may be.
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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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So I had to be the doctor to these wounded men until we could remove them to the hospital.
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For the first week of the Sian events I was a first aid worker in the streets of Sian.
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The subjects treated were technical Marxist theories.
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Friendship is far more human.
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Much that we read of Russia is imagination and desire only.
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Like all my family and class, I considered it a sign of weakness to show affection; to have been caught kissing my mother would have been a disgrace, and to have shown affection for my father would have been a disaster.
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Always before I had felt like a person, an individual, hopeful that I could mold my life according to some desire of my own.
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