I have no objection to a man being a man, however masculine that may be.
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.
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When I was a girl, the West was still young, and the law of force, of physical force, was dominant.
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I forgot the songs they sung – and most of those songs are now dead; I erased their dialect from my tongue.
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I would not let it ruin me as it ruined others! I would speak only with money, hard money.
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The subjects treated were technical Marxist theories.
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Friendship is far more human.
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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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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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I believe only in money, not in love or tenderness. Love and tenderness meant only pain and suffering and defeat.
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My mother listened to all the news from the camp during the strike.
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Thousands of women are crushed and made inarticulate by that system and never develop as their natures would force them to develop were they in a decent environment.
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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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More and more do I see that only a successful revolution in India can break England’s back forever and free Europe itself.
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There were fifty-four women and forty little boys with the Red Army prisoners, and I went daily to take care of them also.
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