It is nice; but there is no apple tree from which to take a bite.
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- “…But you can’t live forever off the deeds of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. You can’t wear their eagle feathers, freeload off their legends. You have to make your own legends now.” -Mary Crow Red Dog, ‘Lakota Woman’ 1954
- “I think we’re here for each other.” -Carol Burnett. 1950’s
- “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” -Lucille Ball -1950’s
- “There ain’t no answer. There ain’t gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That’s the answer.” -Gertrude Stein, 1930’s -40’s, (She also said:”Art isn’t everything. It’s just about everything.”
- “The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.” -Gloria Steinem (late 60’s- early 70’s)…she also said: “A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.”
- “Women will not simply be mainstreamed into the polluted stream. Women are changing the stream, making it clean and green and safe for all – every gender, race, creed, sexual orientation, age, and ability.” -Bella Abzug, Social Activist, Lawyer, Congresswoman, 1970’s
- “Congress is a middle-aged, middle-class, white male power structure … no wonder it’s been so totally unresponsive to the needs of this country.” -Abzug, again
- “Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil!” -Golda Meir, Israeli Prime Minister, 1970’s…and on another front: “Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do.”
- “I ain’t afraid to love a man. I ain’t afraid to shoot him either.” – Annie Oakley, who also said: “Aim at a high mark and you will hit it.”(Born 1860)
- “I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.” -Lily Tomlin…and: “The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.” …and: “We are all in this together, by ourselves.” (1980’s – to present)
- ” If you’re feeling low, don’t despair. The sun has a sinking spell every night, but it comes back up every morning.” -Dolly Parton, 1946 to today)… and her great line: “I’m not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb… and I also know that I’m not blonde.”
- “You’ve got to continue to grow, or you’re just like last night’s cornbread – stale and dry.”-Loretta Lynn. and, “I loved being outside. We’d hold lightning bugs in our fingers and pretend they were diamond rings.”
- “Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.”-Billie Jean King, Tennis Great, World #1 for years…..and “Tennis taught me so many lessons in life. One of the things it taught me is that every ball that comes to me, I have to make a decision. I have to accept responsibility for the consequences every time I hit a ball.” (Still living)
- “When [my mother] came here from India at the age of 19, she maybe didn’t quite imagine this moment. But she believed so deeply, and in America, where a moment like this is possible. And so I’m thinking about her, and about the generations of women, black women, Asian, white, Latina Native American women who throughout our nation’s history have paved the way for this moment tonight.” -Kamala Harris, Vice Presidential Acceptance speech…also: “I’m speaking”…when interrupted by VP Pence during Vice Presidential debate in 2019
That’s it for the week…and a fond “Hello” to: My mother, my sister, my wife my daughter, and my grand daughters…wherever they are…
