Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie To return to the books of my childhood is to yield to the strain of nostalgia that is curious about the self I once was. – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Books Quotes Childhood Quotes Curious Quotes Nostalgia Quotes Return Quotes Strain Quotes Yield Quotes Because gender can be uncomfortable, there are easy ways to close this conversation. Some people will bring up evolutionary biology and apes, how female apes bow to male apes – that sort of thing. But the point is this: we are not apes. Apes also live in trees and eat earthworms. We do not. I think the history of western feminism is one that is fraught with racism, and I think it’s important to acknowledge that and, at the same time, to say that feminism is not the western invention, that my great-grandmother in what is now south-western Nigeria is feminist.
Camille Grammer It’s in poor taste to question anyone’s illness diagnosed through specific testing by their doctor. – Camille Grammer
Callum Keith RennieFamily Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots. – Callum Keith Rennie
Peter James There’s a really classic cliche every time you switch the TV on – you see cops arguing. I have spent a day a week for many years in the presence of police and I have never seen them argue. It’s a military hierarchy. They do what they’re told. There’s no bickering. – Peter James
Coretta Scott King If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children. – Coretta Scott King
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