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Mencken, HL. "Women as Outlaws." A Mencken Chrestomathy. Alfred A. Knopf, 1949, ch. 3. Originally published In Defense of Women. Philip Goodman, 1918, ch. 2, sec. 13.

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Jong, Erica. Fear of Flying. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973, ch. 1.

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Ehrlich, Gretel. The Solace of Open Spaces. Viking Press, 1985.

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Hand, Learned. Speech to the Yale Law graduates. Graduation cermony. 17 June 1931, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT, USA.

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St. Elmo's Fire. Directed by Joel Schumacher, Channel-Lauren Shuler, 1985.

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Adams, Douglas. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. William Heinemann Ltd./Pocket Books, 1987, ch. 2.

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James, William. Letter to H. G. Wells. 11 Sept. 1906.

Long experience has taught me that to be criticized is not always to be wrong.

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Eden, Anthony. Speech at Lord Mayor's guildhall banquet. Lord Mayor's Guildhall Banquet. c. 1956, London, England, UK.

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Service, Robert W. "Michael." Ballads of a Bohemian. Barse & Hopkins/T. Fisher Unwin, 1921, I. 31.

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Tillich, Paul. "The Depth of Existence." Sunday services sermon. c. 1965, Union Theological Seminary Chapel, New York, NY, USA.

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Weldon, Fay. Quoted in The New Yorker. 26 June 1995.

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McNamara, Robert. In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam. Random House, 1995, preface.

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Gide, Andre. La Porte Etroite [Strait is the Gate]. Mercure de France, 1909, ch. 5.

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Gide, Andre. Strait is the Gate. Penguin Books, 2001, ch. 5.

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French, Marilyn. The Women's Room. Simon & Schuster, 1977, ch. 19.

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Benn, Tony. Quoted in The Benn Heresy by Alan Freeman. Pluto Press, 1982. Originally stated during a TV interview, c. 1982.

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Jaws. Directed by Steven Spielberg, Zanuck/Brown Company/Universal Pictures, 1975.

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Hand, Learned. District Court, S. D. New York. United States v. Associated Press. 52 F. Supp. 362 (1943). 6 Oct. 1943, law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/52/362/1755014/.

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Chamberlain, Neville. Radio broadcast referring to the Czechoslovakia crisis. 27 Sept. 1938, 10 Downing Street, London, England, UK.

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Barrymore, Ethyl. Quoted in The Theatre in the Fifties, written by George Jean Nathan. Alfred A. Knopf, 1953.

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Young, Whitney Moore, Jr. Beyond Racism: Building an Open Society. McGraw-Hill, 1969, ch. 4.