"Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness."
-Erica Jong
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"Men and women, women and men. It will never work."
-Erica Jong
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"You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy."
-Erica Jong
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"No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks."
-Erica Jong
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"I thought to spend my declining years writing poetry and teaching - but that won't pay the Bergdorf's bill. I think I'll move to somewhere life is cheaper."
-Erica Jong
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"Poetry is the language we speak in the most terrifying or ecstatic passages of our lives. But the very word poetry scares people. They think of their grade school teachers reciting 'Hiawatha' and they groan."
-Erica Jong
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"The whole system of society tells you what to do."
-Barry White
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"I want a society that provides decent jobs for those who can work and decent security for those can't."
-Frances O'Grady
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"That a society controls, to a greater or lesser extent, the behavior of its members is a universal but the methods, the particulars of that control, vary from one culture to another."
-Kenneth L. Pike
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"Europeans say they are proud of their social fabric, of strong rights for workers and the weak in society."
-David Korten
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"RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society."
-Frances O'Grady
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"I think human society for tens of thousands of years has sent young men out in small groups to do things that are necessary but very dangerous. And they've always gotten killed doing it. And they've always turned it into a matter of honor and a way of gaining acceptance back into society if they survived."
-Sebastian Junger
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