I would not let it ruin me as it ruined others! I would speak only with money, hard money.
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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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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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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No one yet knows what a man’s province is, and how far that province, as conceived of today, is artificial.
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I was learning that books and diagrams can be evil things if they deaden the mind of man and make him blind or cynical before subjection of any kind.
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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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Much that we read of Russia is imagination and desire only.
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It is not a national question concerning India any longer; it is purely international.
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I feel like a person living on the brink of a volcano crater.
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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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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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Subjection of any kind and in any place is beneath the dignity of man.
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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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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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I have always detested the belief that sex is the chief bond between man and woman.
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But here in New York I was ignorant, insignificant, unimportant–one in millions whose destiny concerned no one. New York did not even know of my existence. Nor did it care.
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