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“We…realized that no matter who won the race, we were girls, and we were from Soso, Mississippi, population 434, which meant we were destined to be last in pretty much everything else.”
― Karen Hinton, Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power

tags: biography, career, enraging, funny, government, humour, male-domination, perils, press, weakness

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“Enough or not...it will have to do”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

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“I am more than my scars.”
― Andrew Davidson, The Gargoyle

tags: moving-on, overcoming-adversity, overcoming-fear, overcoming-obstacles, self-love

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“Obama’s next words captured the attention of the world and the amusement of those present. As he wagged his finger at the crowd, he scolded, ‘So stop it, all of you. I know you have to find something to report on, but we have more than enough problems out there without manufacturing problems.”
― Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel