[b]Gloria Steinem
What we’re told about this country is way too limited by generalities, sound bites, and even the supposedly enlightened idea that there are two sides to every question. In fact, many questions have three or seven or a dozen sides.[/b]
And, for a few, as many sides as there are people. Though only the most important ones.
I’ve noticed that great political leaders are energized by conflict.
And not just on Twitter.
The root of oppression is the loss of memory.
That’s not even in my top five.
We learn most where we know the least.
You know, if we learn it at all.
The driver, an old Irish woman, the only such cabbie I’ve ever seen, turned to us at a traffic light and said the immortal words, “Honey, if men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament!”
So that’s where it came from.
It’s important for someone who could play the game - and win - to say: ‘the game isn’t worth shit.’
True, but you still have to play it.