Famous quotes containing the words male, line and/or descendants:
“We have seen over and over that white male historians in general have tended to dismiss any history they didnt themselves write, on the grounds that it is unserious, unscholarly, a fad, too political, merely oral and thus unreliable.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)
“Andrews: You married him only because I told you not to.
Ellie: Youve been telling me what not to do ever since I can remember.
Andrews: Thats because youve always been a stubborn idiot.
Ellie: I come from a long line of stubborn idiots.”
—Robert Riskin (18971955)
“And what if my descendants lose the flower
Through natural declension of the soul,
Through too much business with the passing hour,
Through too much play, or marriage with a fool?”
—William Butler Yeats (18651939)
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