“In traditional societies, we have a long legacy of men controlling the body and mind of women. Such societies have valorised motherhood and fabricated concepts like chastity. Women have been the victims of these notions for thousands of years.” MenYearsMindLongHas BeensBodyConceptsVictimNotionMotherhoodTraditionalLegacyMind And BodyChastityLong Legs Author:Taslima Nasrin
“You all know I have terminal cancer—and I have a lot of it. But what you may not know is that stress induces its spread and induces its activity. Stress may even bring it on. Yet stress is the fuel of the activist. This activist loves Oregon more than he loves life. I know I can't have both very long. The trade-offs are all right with me. But if the legacy we helped give Oregon and which made it twinkle from afar—if it goes, then I guess I wouldn't want to live in Oregon anyhow.” IfsKnowsWantGivingMayLongMadeI CanActivityStressTradeCancerSpreadMade ItLegacyFuelLove LifeActivistAfarTerminalOregonTrade OffsTerminal Cancer Author:Tom McCall
“Many causes produce war. There are ancient hatreds, turbulent frontiers, the "legacy of old forgotten, far-off things, and battles long ago." There are new-born fanaticisms. Convictions on the part of certain peoples that they have become the unique depositories of ultimate truth and right.” LongWarCertainCausesBornProduceBattleUniqueHatredUltimateForgottenAncientConvictionLegacyLong AgoFrontiersFanaticismUltimate Truth Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“As the first human to land on any world outside the Earth, and probably the first living creature of any sort to come from the Earth and reach the Moon, his legacy will be safe as long as intelligent life survives in this corner of the cosmos.” WorldFirstsHumansLongEarthLandMoonSafeCreaturesIntelligentCornersLegacyCosmosLiving CreaturesIntelligent Life Author:Hugh Downs