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Rachel Holmes Quotes: The goal of the first International May Day celebrations was the eight-hour working day.
         

The goal of the first International May Day celebrations was the eight-hour working day.


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Men want to destroy the women: you've become bigger than me, people love you more, you have a public platform, that's my space you're taking up. I can't just divorce you, I have to destroy you.

Men want to destroy the women: you've become bigger than me, people love you more, you have a public platform, that's my space you're taking up. I can't just divorce you, I have to destroy you.



The great difficulty is that you cannot be nice. If you want to take back the power, you have to behave in ways that are not conforming and will not be about pleasing other people.

The great difficulty is that you cannot be nice. If you want to take back the power, you have to behave in ways that are not conforming and will not be about pleasing other people.



Many of us have had that experience of being in love with someone and then they end up being your enemy and there's a stranger in your bed.

Many of us have had that experience of being in love with someone and then they end up being your enemy and there's a stranger in your bed.



People don't give up power and privilege out of the goodness of their hearts.

People don't give up power and privilege out of the goodness of their hearts.



We're all story-telling creatures, and also I think that's the point about biography because the life is exemplary.

We're all story-telling creatures, and also I think that's the point about biography because the life is exemplary.



The fight against unfair scheduling is like the fight for a regulated work day - it's people fighting for reasonable conditions at work and to have a life, so you can have some leisure.

The fight against unfair scheduling is like the fight for a regulated work day - it's people fighting for reasonable conditions at work and to have a life, so you can have some leisure.



For me the fascination with biography is the life of the individual in the context of history.

For me the fascination with biography is the life of the individual in the context of history.



Eleanor Marx was a pragmatic person of actions and deeds and she was an organizer.

Eleanor Marx was a pragmatic person of actions and deeds and she was an organizer.



When you're writing, you're making decisions about compression and the shape of a life, which are very similar to how we experience our inner consciousness.

When you're writing, you're making decisions about compression and the shape of a life, which are very similar to how we experience our inner consciousness.



A biography is never a biography of one person, of course, but the individual life of your protagonist will never conform. It will always bang up against history.

A biography is never a biography of one person, of course, but the individual life of your protagonist will never conform. It will always bang up against history.





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Let us be kind and compassionate to all beings. Everyone wants to enjoy their lives, everyone has sufferings, and everyone wants peace and happiness.

Let us be kind and compassionate to all beings. Everyone wants to enjoy their lives, everyone has sufferings, and everyone wants peace and happiness.



Being Overconfident often exists when one tries to cover up one's insecurities without facing them.

Being Overconfident often exists when one tries to cover up one's insecurities without facing them.



Every father wants a daughter to meet the right God, and the right man. Perhaps her father had failed with both.

Every father wants a daughter to meet the right God, and the right man. Perhaps her father had failed with both.



Hands have not tears to flow.

Hands have not tears to flow.



I was doing judo before anybody knew it existed in this country.

I was doing judo before anybody knew it existed in this country.



Life is change, to cease to change is to cease to live; yet if you may shed a tear beside the death-bed of an old friend, let not your heart be silent on the dissolving of a faith.

Life is change, to cease to change is to cease to live; yet if you may shed a tear beside the death-bed of an old friend, let not your heart be silent on the dissolving of a faith.



I wish I had the gift of making rhymes, for methinks there is poetry in my head and heart since I have been in love with you.

I wish I had the gift of making rhymes, for methinks there is poetry in my head and heart since I have been in love with you.



In true love, you attain freedom.

In true love, you attain freedom.



First quality: you are capable of great things, but you must never forget that there is a hand guiding your steps. We call that hand God, and He always guides us according to His will.

First quality: you are capable of great things, but you must never forget that there is a hand guiding your steps. We call that hand God, and He always guides us according to His will.



Flexibility comes from having multiple choices; wisdom comes from having multiple perspectives.

Flexibility comes from having multiple choices; wisdom comes from having multiple perspectives.




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