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'I'm not a person who thinks the world would be entirely different if it was run by women.
If you think that, you've forgotten...
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Thursday Quote: Anne Snitow
It’s all connected;
Imagining and reading about change;
Being skeptical about the meaning of particular social changes;
Being part of change.
Anne Snitow
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It isn’t until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are;
Not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within.
That you...
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'I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to;
Liberty or death;
If I could not have one, I would have the other'.
Harriet Tubman
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THursday Quote: Anne Snitow
'Hope just means another world might be possible; not promised, not quarantined.
Hope calls for action; action is impossible without hope'.
Anne Anitow
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It always pays
This is actually an experience that a lady shared with me. And I hope the lessons speak to you, as they have spoken to me.
Enjoy…
“One of the stories that I read here made me want to tell my story. Maybe, someone...
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Tuesday Quote: Mahudir Dixit Nene
Age is just a number.
And your talent will never fail you-it has no expiry date.
Madhuri Dixit Nene
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'Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right'.
Jane Goodall
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'Extremism can flourish only in an environment where basic social responsibility for the welfare of people is rejected.
Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism'.
Benazir Bhutto
#saturdaysheroe
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Monday Quote: Oprah Winfrey
It is confidence in our bodies, minds and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures, new directions to grow in, and new lessons to learn,
– which is what life is all about.”
Oprah Winfrey
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One isn't necessarily born with courage:
But one is born with potential.
Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency.
And we can't be kind, true, merciful, generous or honest.
Maya Angelou
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Sunday Quote: Aretha Franklin
'People really don't have to give you anything,
So appreciate what people give you.
And just don't let that go to your head, whatever it is they give...
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Chief Mrs. Margaret Affiong Ekpo (27th June 1914-21st September 2006)
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Born in the creek town of Cross Rivers State to Okoroafor Obiasulor and Inyang Eyo Aniemewue, she obtained her primary six certificate in 1934, and her...
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“One woman can bring change to a family;
And many women together will bring change to humanity.”
Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro
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Tuesday Quote
Chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans have been living for hundreds of thousands of years in their forest,
Living fantastic lives, never overpopulating, never destroying the forest.
I would...
Sunday Quote
Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression.
It meets a thousand petty humiliations and hardships.
Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts; that is...
Saturday Quote: Anne Hathaway
'I live my life with love.
I live my life with compassion.
I live my life hoping the best for absolutely everyone, no matter how they...
#Rant1373: Fix yourself Woman- Joy Isi-Bewaji
I’ve heard of things they do to juniors in same-sex schools. Let’s take all-girls’ School, for instance.
So you are running away from Patriarchy,...
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