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Elizabeth Janeway Quotes

If history is really relevant in today’s world, the proposition doesn’t command much respect. Perhaps the past is a different country, but if so no one much wants to travel there Picture Quote #1

We are in a double bind. We are expected to feel inferior not only as women, but because we are old Picture Quote #1

We expect definitions to tell us not only what is, but what to do about it; to show us how the world fits together and how its different parts connect and work.... A label is the first step toward action Picture Quote #1

As long as mixed grills and combination salads are popular, anthologies will undoubtedly continue in favor Picture Quote #1

Myth, legend, and ritual... function to maintain a status quo. That makes them singularly bad in coping with change, indeed counterproductive, for change is the enemy of myth Picture Quote #1

Creeds and causal systems have argued with each other for millennia, and even so we and our ancestors have managed to live in a world of differing opinions. Philosophical disputes don’t often affect the price of fish or wine Picture Quote #1

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Art is a framework, a kind of living trellis, on which public dreaming can shape itself Picture Quote #1

Mistrust must be acted on, and effective action by the ruled is not solitary and singular, but joint and repeated Picture Quote #1

By setting the passenger seat of my car far back, and opening the glove compartment, I nestle in a very large sheet of thick fiberboard. It’s big enough to hold a table easel, my big palette and a water container. Winter is not going to lock me indoors! Picture Quote #1

We older women who know we aren’t heroines can offer our younger sisters, at the very least, an honest report of what we have learned and how we have grown Picture Quote #1

Few cultures have not produced the idea that in some past era the world ran better than it does now Picture Quote #1

Sex cannot be contained within a definition of physical pleasure, it cannot be understood as merely itself for it has stood for too long as a profound connection between human beings Picture Quote #1

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If history is really relevant in today’s world, the proposition doesn’t command much respect. Perhaps the past is a different country, but if so no one much wants to travel there (Elizabeth Janeway Quotes) We are in a double bind. We are expected to feel inferior not only as women, but because we are old (Elizabeth Janeway Quotes) We expect definitions to tell us not only what is, but what to do about it; to show us how the world fits together and how its different parts connect and work.... A label is the first step toward action (Elizabeth Janeway Quotes) As long as mixed grills and combination salads are popular, anthologies will undoubtedly continue in favor (Elizabeth Janeway Quotes) Myth, legend, and ritual... function to maintain a status quo. That makes them singularly bad in coping with change, indeed counterproductive, for change is the enemy of myth (Elizabeth Janeway Quotes) Creeds and causal systems have argued with each other for millennia, and even so we and our ancestors have managed to live in a world of differing opinions. Philosophical disputes don’t often affect the price of fish or wine (Elizabeth Janeway Quotes) Art is a framework, a kind of living trellis, on which public dreaming can shape itself (Elizabeth Janeway Quotes) Mistrust must be acted on, and effective action by the ruled is not solitary and singular, but joint and repeated (Elizabeth Janeway Quotes) By setting the passenger seat of my car far back, and opening the glove compartment, I nestle in a very large sheet of thick fiberboard. It’s big enough to hold a table easel, my big palette and a water container. Winter is not going to lock me indoors! (Elizabeth Janeway Quotes) We older women who know we aren’t heroines can offer our younger sisters, at the very least, an honest report of what we have learned and how we have grown (Elizabeth Janeway Quotes) Few cultures have not produced the idea that in some past era the world ran better than it does now (Elizabeth Janeway Quotes) Sex cannot be contained within a definition of physical pleasure, it cannot be understood as merely itself for it has stood for too long as a profound connection between human beings (Elizabeth Janeway Quotes)

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