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“If you can't go straight ahead, you go around the corner.
— Cher
Singer and actress
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“Marriage, to women as to men, must be a luxury, not a necessity; an incident of life, not all of it. And the only possible way to accomplish this great change is to accord to women equal power in the making, shaping and controlling of the circumstances of life.
— Susan B. Anthony
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“The only hope for civilization is the greater freedom, development and equality of women in all fields of human activity.

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