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#1

“Speaking up is important. Yet to speak up without listening is like banging pots and pans together: Even if it gets you attention, it’s not going to get you respect.”
― Gina Barreca

tags: attention, conversation, respect, speaking-up

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#2

“It’s only when you’re at the bottom of the ladder that you ascend.”
― Gina Barreca

tags: inspirational, inspirational-quotes

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#3

“Patriotism is about a desire for progress, not a yearning for repetition.”
― Gina Barreca

tags: patriotism, patriots, progress

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#4

“To slur “feminism” into “humanism” is to usurp women’s voices once again, to make the singular feminine into the so-called universal masculine.”
― Gina Barreca

tags: feminism, humanism, voices

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#5

“Taking a lot of selfies doesn’t mean you live an examined life.”
― Gina Barreca

tags: examined-life, life, selfies

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#6

“Words can be as irrevocable as an action. They can cut as deeply as a surgeon’s scalpel.”
― Gina Barreca

tags: mistakes, words, words-of-wisdom

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#7

“Until we’re pushing up daisies, it might be good to remind ourselves daily that everything’s coming up roses — for me and for you.”
― Gina Barreca

tags: aging, death, flowers, optimism, roses

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#8

“Comics know that time plus pain equals humor and that we can redeem even awful moments from the past by translating them into a shared experience.”
― Gina Barreca

tags: humor, pain, past, stories

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#9

“In short, immaturity is spoiled. And what is spoiled doesn’t ripen. It goes bad early, gets bitter and withers on the vine.”
― Gina Barreca

tags: aging, immaturity, wisdom

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#10

“Maturity understands that there’s darkness in the world but that there’s no need to dwell in it: we can lighten up and offer illumination to others.”
― Gina Barreca

tags: darkness, light, maturity, words-of-wisdom

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