"As long as the family and the myth of the family ... have not been destroyed, women will still be oppressed."
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"I hold no preference among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous."
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"Violence against women is perhaps the most shameful human rights violation, and it is perhaps the most pervasive. It knows no boundaries of geography, culture or wealth. As long as it continues, we cannot claim to be making real progress towards equality, development and peace"
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"It's been a long time since I've been me."
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"The Russian Bolsheviks have discovered that truth does not matter so long as there is reiteration. They have no difficulty whatever in countering a fact by a lie which, if repeated often enough and loudly enough, becomes accepted by the people."
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"May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live."
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"One of the things that has helped me as much as any other is not how long I am going to live, but how much I can do while living."
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"If other people do not understand our behavior-so what? Their request that we must only do what they understand is an attempt to dictate to us. If this is being 'asocial' or 'irrational' in their eyes, so be it. Mostly they resent our freedom and our courage to be ourselves. We owe nobody an explanation or an accounting, as long as our acts do not hurt or infringe on them."
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"The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines."
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"Dementors are among the foulest creatures that walk this earth. They infest the darkest, filthiest places, they glory in decay and despair, they drain peace, hope, and happiness out of the air around them. Even Muggles feel their presence, though they can’t see them. Get too near a Dementor and every good feeling, every happy memory will be sucked out of you. If it can, the Dementor will feed on you long enough to reduce you to something like itself — soul-less and evil. You’ll be left with nothing but the worst experiences of your life."
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"History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily."
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"My greatest victory has been to be able to live with myself, to accept my shortcomings. I'm a long way from the human being I'd liked to be, but I've decided I'm not so bad after all."
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"Freedom is for everyone, whatever lifestyle they choose, as long as it's peaceful and honest"
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"We don't always cry because we are weak, sometimes we cry because we have been strong, brave and courageous for way too long."
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"But how will I know who my Soulmate is?” Brida felt that this was one of the most important questions she had ever asked in her life. By taking risks’ she said to Brida. ‘ By risking failure, disappointment, disillusion, but never ceasing in you search for Love. As long as you keep looking, you will triumph in the end."
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"Our citizens may be deceived for awhile, and have been deceived; but as long as the presses can be protected, we may trust to them for light."
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"Let your mind start a journey through a strange new world. Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before. Let your soul take you where you long to be. Close your eyes, let your spirit start to soar, and you’ll live as you’ve never lived before."
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"He would use amphetamines to stay awake because he would have late night maneuvers that would go way into the early morning hours and he was given pills to stay up for the long hours."
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"I don't care if you hate me or love me, as long as I make you think."
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"Women have the right to work wherever they want, as long as they have the dinner ready when you get home."
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