Quotes about "Women's Wisdom"

I believe that the fact and the reality of homosexuality and heterosexuality and of opposite and same-gender unions should be taught in our public schools without a value judgement system also being offered. ”

As far as I was concerned, it was the absence of women in the poetic tradition which allowed women in the poems to be simplified. The voice of a woman poet would, I was sure, have precluded such distortion. It did not exist. ”

I do think that same gender partners should be able to be married. Why not? If you share a life together than who in the world should have anything to say about it? ”

Jamal Crawford reminds me the most of myself, the way he goes to the basket. But they need leadership. ”

I knew I could not maintain that leadership in open struggle against Moscow influence. Only two Communist leaders in history ever succeeded in doing this - Tito and Mao Tse-tung. ”

I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not. ”

When I began writing in the mid-1960s, I thought it was not important for readers to know whether I was male or female. Also, I was a great admirer of E.B. White, so I may have thought that it would bring me luck to submit my first manuscript as 'E.L.' But if I were starting out today, I would use my first name. ”

Irish people give big hellos and very little goodbyes. Unless they're female, and then they spend five hours talking in the doorway to the person that's leaving their house. ”

I always liked the idea of leadership and being a captain. ”

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership. ”