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I Will Go To My Grave Regretting The Photograph Of Me In An Anti-aircraft Carrier [actually, It Was In An Anti-aircraft Gun Emplacement, Not A Carrier], Which Looks Like I Was Trying To Shoot At American Planes. [actually, That Was Her Intention In Posing For The Photograph The Way She Did.] It Hurt So Many Soldiers. It Galvanized Such Hostility. It Was The Most Horrible Thing I Could Possibly Have Done. It Was Just Thoughtless.

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I Will Go To My Grave Regretting The Photograph Of Me In An Anti-aircraft Carrier [actually, It Was In An Anti-aircraft Gun Emplacement, Not A Carrier], Which Looks Like I Was Trying To Shoot At American Planes. [actually, That Was Her Intention In Posing For The Photograph The Way She Did.] It Hurt So Many Soldiers. It Galvanized Such Hostility. It Was The Most Horrible Thing I Could Possibly Have Done. It Was Just Thoughtless.

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When Women Have Reclaimed Their Voices And Men Reclaimed Their Hearts, We Won't Be Invading Countries, We Won't Be Feeling That We Have The Right To Launch Preemptive Wars.

Drink Water Between Meals Instead Of With Them So That The Digestive Juices Will Not Be Diluted.

Reproductive Freedom Is A Real Danger For The Patriarchy, Because It Means That Women Are Empowered.

To Be A Revolutionary You Have To Be A Human Being. You Have To Care About People Who Have No Power.

When You Know In Your Heart Why You Did Something, And You Feel And You Know That In Spite Of All The Controversy That It Was Right, Doesn't Matter.

Female Listeners Are Leaving Traditional Talk Radio Because Of The Rough-edged, Shouting Nature Of It. Women Want More Light And Less Heat.

You Think You're Being Broken But You're Really Being Broken Open...and That's Where The Healing Happens, In Those Broken Places...if You'll Allow It.

You Must Decrease The Amount Of Food You Eat And Increase The Amount Of Exercise You Get. That Is All There Is To It.

Adult Women, All Of Us, Have To Come To Grips With How We Have Been Affected By Gender Norms, And How We Have Been Silenced. We Have To Help Our Daughters. Understanding It Within Ourselves And Helping Our Young Girls Stand Up For Themselves Is One Way.

I Left Acting For 15 Years, And I Think It's Really Nice To Have Another Life. I Took Too Much For Granted When I Was Younger.

A Lot Of Things Affect Women Differently Than Men, And Women Get Left Out.

When You Can't Remember Why You're Hurt, That's When You're Healed. When You Have To Work Real Hard To Re-create The Pain, And You Can't Quite Get There, That's When You're Better.

All My Life I Had Believed That Unless I Was Perfect I Would Not Be Loved.

When You're Told To Be Good, You Have To Get Rid Of Whatever Is Bad. I Sure Identify With That.

Christ Was The First Feminist And Because Of That I've Learned From His Teaching To Call Myself A Christian Feminist, Adding That Her Faith Is Not A Matter Of Traditions And Dogmas But, Rather, A Spiritual Experience.

We Cannot Elect Men To Office Who Are Afraid Of Premature Evacuation.

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