"And the woman who could win the respect of man was often the woman who could knock him down with her bare fists and sit on him until he yelled for help."
― Agnes Smedley
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Respect
― Agnes Smedley
More From Agnes Smedley
- "My mother listened to all the news from the camp during the strike. She said little, especially when my father or the men who worked for him were about I remember her instinctive and unhesitating sympathy for the miners."
- "Now, being a girl, I was ashamed of my body and my lack of strength. So I tried to be a man. I shot, rode, jumped, and took part in all the fights of the boys."
- "Much that we read of Russia is imagination and desire only."
More In Respect
- "The reason it has relevance is because I, as a popular Arab personality – the Arab people like me and respect me – thought it was time for me to make an ever so tiny statement about what I thought about this whole thing."― Omar Sharif
- "No struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men."― Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- "Judi Dench and Ian McKellen taught me how to work hard and respect the theatre."― Francesca Annis