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“I am a woman in the prime of my life, with certain powers and those powers severely limited by authorities whose faces I rarely see.”

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Adrienne Rich

Adrienne Rich was an American poet known for her profound poetry and feminist perspective. Her works explored themes such as gender, politics, and social justice, having a profound impact on contemporary poetry. more

“... people are growing up in the slack flicker of a pale light which lacks the concentrated burn of a candle flame or oil wick or the bulb of a gooseneck desk lamp: a pale, wavering, oblong shimmer, emitting incessant noise, which is to real knowledge or discourse what the manic or weepy protestations of a drunk are to responsible speech. Drunks do have a way of holding an audience, though, and so does the shimmery ill-focused oblong screen.”

“As a society in turmoil, we are going to see more, and more various, attempts to simulate order through repression; and art is a historical target for such efforts.”

Art Order Effort Art Is Historical Various Target Repression Turmoil Simulate

Book:What Is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics (Expanded Edition)

Source: What Is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics (Expanded Edition)

“Studies have shown that since women have had access to the pill and family planning measures, they have made huge gains in both wages and in careers that were dominated by men.”

Men Made Careers Study Huge Gains Access Planning Wages Pills Family Planning

Author:Jennifer Granholm

“To compete in a global economy, our students must continue their education beyond high school. To make this expectation a reality, we must give students the tools they need to succeed, including the opportunity to take a college entrance exam.”

Needs Giving Reality School Opportunity Economy Students College Succeed Expectations High School Tools Including Entrances Exam Global Economy World Economy

Author:Jennifer Granholm

“The possibility of war increases in direct proportion to the effectiveness of the instruments of war.”

War Possibility Direct Increase Instruments Proportion Effectiveness

Book:Present Tense; an American Editor's Odyssey

Source: Present Tense; an American Editor's Odyssey

“Pessimism is a waste of time.”

Waste Pessimism Wasting Time

Author:Norman Cousins

“As far as beauty is concerned, in order to be confident we must accept that the way we look and feel is our own responsibility.”

Way Feels Looks Order Responsibility Accepting Concerned Be Confident

Author:Sophia Loren

“As long as there are readers to be delighted with calumny, there will be found reviewers to calumniate.”

Long Found Reader Delighted Reviewers Calumny

Book:Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions

Source: Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions

“Fear gives sudden instincts of skill.”

Giving Skills Instinct

Book:Notebooks

Source: Notebooks

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