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Marilyn French Quotes

There is no power greater than the power of passive dependency Picture Quote #1

I believe that all human beings are equal. I believe that no one has the right to authority over anyone else Picture Quote #1

Losing the future is the best thing that ever happened to me Picture Quote #1

Rain is one thing the British do better than anybody else Picture Quote #1

There’s no justice, there’s only love Picture Quote #1

Not many men have both good fortune and good sense Picture Quote #1

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When a man loses superiority, he loses potency. That’s what all this talk about castrating women is about. Castrating women are those who refuse to pretend men are better than they are and better than women are. The simple truth - that men are only equal - can undermine a culture more devastatingly than any bomb. Subversion is telling the truth Picture Quote #1

My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine - everybody drinks water Picture Quote #1

I’d discovered you never know yourself until you’re tested and that you don’t even know you’re being tested until afterwards, and that in fact there isn’t anyone giving the test except yourself Picture Quote #1

The same men who are blind and deaf to feminism are acutely sensitive to what threatens their dominance and privilege Picture Quote #1

Fear is a question. What are you afraid of and why? Our fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if we explore them Picture Quote #1

There was no justice, there was only life. And life she had Picture Quote #1

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All men are rapists and that’s all they are Picture Quote #1

She drowned in words that could not teach her how to swim Picture Quote #1

All the women I know feel a little like outlaws Picture Quote #1

Survival is an art. It requires the dulling of the mind and the senses, and a delicate attunement to waiting, without insisting on precision about just what it is you are waiting for Picture Quote #1

Control over a woman is the only form of dominance most men possess, for most men are merely subjects of more powerful men Picture Quote #1

The very notion of superiority of one kind over another will have to disappear, although differences among kind will remain Picture Quote #1

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I’d discovered you never know yourself until you’re tested and that you don’t even know you’re being tested until afterwards, and that in fact there isn’t anyone giving the test except yourself Picture Quote #1

Loneliness is not a longing for company, it is a longing for kind. And kind means people who can see you who you are, and that means they have enough intelligence and sensitivity and patience to do that Picture Quote #1

All men are rapists and that’s all they are. They rape us with their eyes, their laws, and their codes Picture Quote #1

Habit is a good thing for the human race.... You have to spend so much energy just getting through the day when you have no habits that you don’t have any left for productive labor Picture Quote #1

Whatever they may be in public life, whatever their relations with men, in their relations with women, all men are rapists and that’s all they are. They rape us with their eyes, their laws, their codes Picture Quote #1

In a way it doesn’t matter whether you open doors or close them, you still end up in a box Picture Quote #1

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The view of life as a struggle for power generates a language in which life has no significance and only power matters Picture Quote #1

Desire consumes you, it takes you over. You forget yourself completely. All you can think about is the other, the one you desire, your self is just a fire Picture Quote #1

To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, is more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons Picture Quote #1

Anyone determined to find another person or group inferior can always find whole lists of grounds that demonstrate inferiority because we are all inferior to the ideals of humanness we have erected Picture Quote #1

Men seem unable to feel equal to women: they must be superior or they are inferior Picture Quote #1

Men’s need to dominate women may be based in their own sense of marginality or emptiness; we do not know its root, and men are making no effort to discover it Picture Quote #1

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There is no power greater than the power of passive dependency (Marilyn French Quotes) I believe that all human beings are equal. I believe that no one has the right to authority over anyone else. (Marilyn French Quotes) Losing the future is the best thing that ever happened to me (Marilyn French Quotes) Rain is one thing the British do better than anybody else (Marilyn French Quotes) There’s no justice, there’s only love (Marilyn French Quotes) Not many men have both good fortune and good sense (Marilyn French Quotes) When a man loses superiority, he loses potency. That’s what all this talk about castrating women is about. Castrating women are those who refuse to pretend men are better than they are and better than women are. The simple truth - that men are only equal - can undermine a culture more devastatingly than any bomb. Subversion is telling the truth (Marilyn French Quotes) My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine - everybody drinks water (Marilyn French Quotes) I’d discovered you never know yourself until you’re tested and that you don’t even know you’re being tested until afterwards, and that in fact there isn’t anyone giving the test except yourself. (Marilyn French Quotes) The same men who are blind and deaf to feminism are acutely sensitive to what threatens their dominance and privilege. (Marilyn French Quotes) Fear is a question. What are you afraid of and why? Our fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if we explore them (Marilyn French Quotes) There was no justice, there was only life. And life she had (Marilyn French Quotes) All men are rapists and that’s all they are (Marilyn French Quotes) She drowned in words that could not teach her how to swim (Marilyn French Quotes) All the women I know feel a little like outlaws (Marilyn French Quotes) Survival is an art. It requires the dulling of the mind and the senses, and a delicate attunement to waiting, without insisting on precision about just what it is you are waiting for (Marilyn French Quotes) Control over a woman is the only form of dominance most men possess, for most men are merely subjects of more powerful men (Marilyn French Quotes) The very notion of superiority of one kind over another will have to disappear, although differences among kind will remain (Marilyn French Quotes) I’d discovered you never know yourself until you’re tested and that you don’t even know you’re being tested until afterwards, and that in fact there isn’t anyone giving the test except yourself (Marilyn French Quotes) Loneliness is not a longing for company, it is a longing for kind. And kind means people who can see you who you are, and that means they have enough intelligence and sensitivity and patience to do that (Marilyn French Quotes) All men are rapists and that’s all they are. They rape us with their eyes, their laws, and their codes (Marilyn French Quotes) Habit is a good thing for the human race.... You have to spend so much energy just getting through the day when you have no habits that you don’t have any left for productive labor (Marilyn French Quotes) Whatever they may be in public life, whatever their relations with men, in their relations with women, all men are rapists and that’s all they are. They rape us with their eyes, their laws, their codes (Marilyn French Quotes) In a way it doesn’t matter whether you open doors or close them, you still end up in a box (Marilyn French Quotes) The view of life as a struggle for power generates a language in which life has no significance and only power matters (Marilyn French Quotes) Desire consumes you, it takes you over. You forget yourself completely. All you can think about is the other, the one you desire, your self is just a fire (Marilyn French Quotes) To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, is more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons (Marilyn French Quotes) Anyone determined to find another person or group inferior can always find whole lists of grounds that demonstrate inferiority because we are all inferior to the ideals of humanness we have erected (Marilyn French Quotes) Men seem unable to feel equal to women: they must be superior or they are inferior (Marilyn French Quotes) Men’s need to dominate women may be based in their own sense of marginality or emptiness; we do not know its root, and men are making no effort to discover it (Marilyn French Quotes)

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