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Gertrude Stein

I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is to do to get rich.

I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is to do to get rich.

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Most women’s magazines simply try to mold women into bigger and better consumers.

Most women’s magazines simply try to mold women into bigger and better consumers.

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But the problem is that when I go around and speak on campuses, I still don’t get young men standing up and saying, ‘How can I combine career and family?’

But the problem is that when I go around and speak on campuses, I still don’t get young men standing up and saying, ‘How can I combine career and family?’

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We know that we can do what men can do, but we still don’t know that men can do what women can do. That’s absolutely crucial. We can’t go on doing two jobs.

We know that we can do what men can do, but we still don’t know that men can do what women can do. That’s absolutely crucial. We can’t go on doing two jobs.

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It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing.

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing.

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A diary means yes indeed.

A diary means yes indeed.

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When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone. After all, human beings are like that.

When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone. After all, human beings are like that.

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It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.

It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.