"I was brought up with the sense that I was absolutely no different from my brothers. I went to college thinking I was absolutely no different from the men in college. But that's not true. I'm fundamentally different. The problem was not being able to understand difference and equality at the same time. It's something that we can't seem to comprehend. You can't state difference and also state equality. We have to state sameness to understand equality. It's a mistake."
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"I don't ask myself what did I live for, said Carlene strongly. That is a man's question. I ask whom did I live for."
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"All tastes are expressions of belief."
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"She did what girls generally do when they don't feel the part: she dressed it instead."
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"Most of the cruelty in the world is just misplaced energy."
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"You must live life with the full knowledge that your actions will remain. We are creatures of consequence."
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