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“When a woman finally learns that pleasing the world is impossible, she becomes free to learn how to please herself.”
― Untamed
― Untamed
“There have always been ignorant people, but they haven't always had college degrees to make them unaware of their ignorance. Some people imagine that they are well informed because they have memorized a whole galaxy of trendy dogmas and fashionable attitudes.”
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“To be sensitive, as ideologically defined, requires that one not merely accept but “affirm” other people’s way of life or even “celebrate” diversity in general. Like other demands for “sensitivity,” this demand offers no reason—unless fear of being disapproved, denounced, or harassed is a reason.”
― Inside American Education
― Inside American Education
“I will not stay, not ever again - in a room or conversation or relationship or institution that requires me to abandon myself.”
― Untamed
― Untamed
“Nothing is easier than to get peaceful people to renounce violence, even when they provide no concrete ways to prevent violence from others.”
― Intellectuals and Society
― Intellectuals and Society
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