A woman laughing is a woman conquered.

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Freedom is a very dangerous thing. We ration it very closely. ― Mike Tyson

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The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control. ― Bell Hooks

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If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less, but to dream more, to dream all the time.

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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified. To know love we have to invest time and commitment...'dreaming that love will save us, solve all our problems or provide a steady state of bliss or security only keeps us stuck in wishful fantasy, undermining the real power of the love -- which is to transform us.' Many people want love to function like a drug, giving them an immediate and sustained high. They want to do nothing, just passively receive the good feeling. ― bell hooks

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If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman. -- Margaret Thatcher

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The one bit of color on the woman’s body was the bright yellow of the stilettos peeking out from her sensible trousers. Fuck me shoes. Damn. Any woman who wore those shoes had a streak of the unexpected. He wondered what her underwear looked like. Something delicate and lovely? ― Lexi Blake, The Dom Who Loved Me

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I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own. ― audre lorde

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Be positive in your thoughts, passionate in your words and purposeful in your actions. Clean thoughts, Cool words and Clear actions are the impressions that appeal to success. ― Israelmore Ayivor

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One is not born a woman, but becomes one. - Simone de Beauvoir

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