Aging does not make women powerless objects of pit... -Florence King

Aging does not make women powerless objects of pity but colorful and entertaining individuals and, on occasion, fire-breathing dragons that wise people don't cross.

Florence King , Writer
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Florence King was an American writer known for her witty and satirical essays, contributing to various publications and exploring Southern culture and society.

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You can't pretend to be witty because wit is dry, subtle, lacerating, cynical, elitist, and risque - all impossible to fake. Humor, on the other hand,...
We are incapable of leaving anything to the imagination and loath to leave anything out. Maniacal thoroughness has become our national verbal ideal....
American couples have gone to such lengths to avoid the interference of in-laws that they have to pay marriage counselors to interfere between them....
Aging does not make women powerless objects of pity but colorful and entertaining individuals and, on occasion, fire-breathing dragons that wise peopl...
Now the only thing I miss about sex is the cigarette afterward. Next to the first one in the morning, it's the best one of all. It tasted so good that...
People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, that they're all asleep at the switch. Con...

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Being a rapper as a woman is not a good thing in Afghanistan. I kind of put my life in danger whenever I go somewhere to talk about women's rights or ...
Learning, while at school, that the charge for the education of girls was the same as that for boys, and that, when they became teachers, women receiv...
May we all, as a nation of believers, fight for the achievement of America; may we make sacrifices worthy of those proud men and women who fought for ...
The women's movement in Korea is a Juche-oriented movement, which was pioneered by the great Comrade Kim Il Sung and which followed the proud road of ...
There are any number of reasons many talented people, particularly women, leave their careers for a period of time....
After much diligent research, aided by other women, I gradually came to understand that beneath the familiar Goddesses of the patriarchy, there is a m...
I regard other women as my community, not my competition....
We need to tell better stories of men and women who master a trade. We have to stop telling kids to blindly follow their passion and show them the opp...
I think older women still have a full life....
I love empowering women. I think it's crazy: if you ever try to belittle women, you're playing yourself - I ride with whoever rides with me....