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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.

Germaine Greer

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Germaine Greer
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: January 29
Actor
Broadcaster
Critic
Essayist
Feminist
Journalist
Professor
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Melbourne
Australia
Rose Blight
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Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married. Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. He that has no children brings them up well
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The consequences of militancy do not disappear when the need for militancy is over.
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