“It was, of course, nothing more than sexism, the especially virulent type espoused by male techies who sincerely believe that they are too smart to be sexists.”
― Snow Crash
― Snow Crash
“Girls can wear jeans and cut their hair short and wear shirts and boots because it's okay to be a boy; for girls it's like promotion. But for a boy to look like a girl is degrading, according to you, because secretly you believe that being a girl is degrading.”
― The Cement Garden
― The Cement Garden
“It is always the same with mountains. Once you have lived with them for any length of time, you belong to them. There is no escape.”
― Rain in the Mountains: Notes from the Himalayas
― Rain in the Mountains: Notes from the Himalayas
“The first great skeptic of American exceptionalism, he refused to believe that the country was exempt from the sober lessons of history.”
― Alexander Hamilton
― Alexander Hamilton
“While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things,
The fate of empires and the fall of kings;
While quacks of State must each produce his plan,
And even children lisp the Rights of Man;
Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention,
The Rights of Woman merit some attention.”
― The Complete Works of Robert Burns
The fate of empires and the fall of kings;
While quacks of State must each produce his plan,
And even children lisp the Rights of Man;
Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention,
The Rights of Woman merit some attention.”
― The Complete Works of Robert Burns
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