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" I keep thinking about how terrifyingly vulnerable women are in so many countries. "

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" The hazard of confessional books is how fast the world moves on while they're written. "

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" Bill Clinton, talking about the need to financially empower wives and mothers in regressive countries, once remarked that women have 'the responsibility gene.' No one has that gene more markedly than his wife. "

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" The women of Afghanistan, left behind as their men fought, did what the women of World War II did - used their wits and resourcefulness to preserve some semblance of civilization. "

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" Practices such as arranged marriages and restrictions on girls attending school have deep roots, and changing them is a gradual process. Sometimes these problems seem very far away from us here in the United States. But let's remember that even into the 20th century, an American woman could not own property or vote in national elections. "

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" One of the the great things about having had something that didn't work out is: So what? I am fine. "

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