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Sometimes I have a notion that what might improve the situation is to have women take over the occupations of government and trade and to give men their freedom.
Phyllis McGinley
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Phyllis McGinley
Age: 72 †
Born: 1905
Born: March 21
Died: 1978
Died: February 22
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People are no longer sinful, they are only immature or underprivileged or frightened or, more particularly, sick.
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Gardening has compensations out of all proportion to its goals. It is creation in the pure sense.
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