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One may not reach the dawn save by the path of the night.

Germaine Greer

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Germaine Greer
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: January 29
Actor
Broadcaster
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Feminist
Journalist
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Melbourne
Australia
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Next time round Hitler will be a machine.
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The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.
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The real theater of the sex war is the domestic hearth.
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Psychoanalysis is the confession without absolution.
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The few men who do a hand's turn around the house expect gratitude and recognition, so sure are they that, though it is their dirt, it is not their job.
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Act quickly, think slowly.
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continuing sexual interest and perfect sexual adjustment between partners who have been together for thirty years is so difficult and rare that no one should feel guilty or inadequate for not having managed it.
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All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only one man no society will survive a shortage of women.
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Bollocks have never frightened me. I'll eat a bollock any time.
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The consequences of militancy do not disappear when the need for militancy is over.
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We can't change the moon but we can live in harmony with its tides, and we can make some ripples of our own.
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You're only young once, but you can be immature forever.
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