I once wanted to be a personage. Now I am comfortable being a person.

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When an actress takes off her clothes onscreen but a nursing mother is told to...

When an actress takes off her clothes onscreen but a nursing mother is told to...

But it's important, while we are supporting lessons in respecting others, to remember that many...

But it's important, while we are supporting lessons in respecting others, to remember that many...

People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom...

People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom...

America is a country that seems forever to be toddler or teenager, at those two...

America is a country that seems forever to be toddler or teenager, at those two...

Look back, to slavery, to suffrage, to integration and one thing is clear. Fashions in...

Look back, to slavery, to suffrage, to integration and one thing is clear. Fashions in...

Ideas are only lethal if you suppress and don't discuss them. Ignorance is not bliss,...

Ideas are only lethal if you suppress and don't discuss them. Ignorance is not bliss,...

Even as we enumerate their shortcomings, the rigor of raising children ourselves makes clear to...

Even as we enumerate their shortcomings, the rigor of raising children ourselves makes clear to...

I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of...

I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of...

The issue is privacy. Why is the decision by a woman to sleep with a...

The issue is privacy. Why is the decision by a woman to sleep with a...

All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may...

All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may...

The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are...

The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are...

If God had meant Harvard professors to appear in People magazine, She wouldn't have invented...

If God had meant Harvard professors to appear in People magazine, She wouldn't have invented...

I think that anyone who comes upon a Nautilus machine suddenly will agree with me...

I think that anyone who comes upon a Nautilus machine suddenly will agree with me...

There is only room in the lifeboat of your life for one, and you always...

There is only room in the lifeboat of your life for one, and you always...

Life is not so much about beginnings and endings as it is about going on...

Life is not so much about beginnings and endings as it is about going on...

I would even go to Washington, which is saying something for me, just to glimpse...

I would even go to Washington, which is saying something for me, just to glimpse...

The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you...

The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you...

The greatest public health threat for many American women is the men they live with.

The greatest public health threat for many American women is the men they live with.

Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why...

Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why...

Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks...

Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks...