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The way you define yourself as a writer is that you write every time you have a free minute. If you didn't behave that way you would never do anything.

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What made women's labour particularly attractive to the capitalists was not only its lower price but also the greater submissiveness of women. Clara Zetkin
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So when it came to role models, I looked at presidents' wives. Of course, you're talking about a farm girl who stood in the fields, dreaming, years ago, wishing she was that kind of person. But if I had been that kind of person, do you think I could sing with the emotions I do? You sing with those emotions because you've had pain in your heart. Tina Turner