"Men feel that women somehow drag them down, and women feel that way about men. It's possible they are right."

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“The ideal home: big enough for you to hear the children, but not very well.”

“The neurotic longs to touch bottom, so at least he won't have that to worry about anymore.”

“We have to call it "freedom": who'd die for "a lesser tyranny"?”

“Every group of six or more has its inner circle, its outer circle, and its hangers-on.”

“A woman asks little of love: only that she be able to feel like a heroine.”

“The total history of almost anyone would shock almost everyone.”

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"It upsets women to be, or not to be, stared at hungrily."

— Mignon McLaughlin

Journalism1913–1983

#gender

"writes about various kinds of cranks with the conscious superiority of the scientist, and in most cases one can share his sense of the victory of reason. But after half a dozen chapters this non-stop …"

— Colin Wilson

Literature1989–2013

#writing

"When I came to faith, I thought I would have to stop being an actor, because it’s all about artifice and manipulation. But we’re living in a world where God doesn’t really have an influence, unless it…"

— Tamsin Greig

Entertainment1966

#mind

"here was something about Obama that brought out the real alt-right crap. And because it was like one of these things where, "Hey, there are a bunch of cannibals that have joined our army, and they’re …"

— Mike Murphy (political consultant)

Politics1958

#knowledge