Counter Hegemonic Resistance Quotes & Sayings

UN studies conducted in more than forty developing countries show that the birth rate falls as women gain equality ... I believe income-earning opportunities that empower poor women ... will have more impact on curbing population growth that the current system of "encouraging" family planning practices through intimidation tactics.. Family planning should be left to the family. — Muhammad Yunus

I wanted to make him understand that we shared the details of our lives, because they were the threads that braided us so closely together. And you would have been certain to tell me about a Sabatier knife, because it would have had the rare value of being a detail in your life which tied directly into mine - Bee in Sister — Rosamund Lupton

For the first time he began to wonder whether he should jettison his transatlantic dream and settle for something more quotidian, perhaps focus his company on ship-to-shore communication. There was — Erik Larson

Do you think Revolutions are made with rose water? — Francis Bond Head

Look at the smaller picture, and before you know it, the day is done and you've accomplished far more than you ever imagined, — Melody Anne

You've never been in a scrape yet but what it came about by accident. The thing is, no one else has these accidents. — Georgette Heyer

If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight. The men talk of gain, the women talk of loss, and I do not know which talk is the more boring. — Marya Mannes

Whenever I was with Kevin Pollak, I had to leave the room. — Amanda Peet

These people are headstrong and if they feel the curb loosed but one link they will with bit in the teeth in one month run further out of the career of good order than they will be brought back in three months. — Humphrey Gilbert

He would conclude that nothing was real except chance. — Paul Auster

I never wanted to be a magician. I never wanted to be a comedian. I never wanted to be onstage. — Penn Jillette