Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead o…

Germaine Greer
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Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves-to breakour own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today.Stewart B. JohnsonMen rule because women let them. Male misogyny is real enough, and it has dreadful consequences, but female misogyny is what keeps women out of power.
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