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We're all citizens of the womb, before we subdivide into sexes and shades- this side, that side.


Ani Difranco

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HENRY WARD BEECHER Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.
NADINE GORDIMER If you've been on this side, then you'll have more compassion and understanding for those still on t...
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LACEY MADDEN We were side by side at the finish. It was a great race.
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BRANDON GILBERT If one side does something, and the other side does something within the span of a security meeting,...
GEORGE TENET And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on th...
BIBLE And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on...
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JOAN MORRIS We never really paid attention to the business side of it (before).
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MATT LAWTON We're walking into the unknown against this Sharks side.
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DR. JOSE COHEN We expected a serious weakening on the left side of the body, but we were surprised to see him move ...
JOSE COHEN First of all, this is a North Side town. You don't get a lot of respect on the South Side.
DOMINIC PACYGA Once you get into that street groove, the other side-the straight side-looks really scary.
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FRED THOMAS This multicultural approach, saying that we simply live side by side and live happily with each othe...
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SUSAN CAIN We didn't change anything. We started passing really well. When we do that, we can run the quick mid...
DAVE PINKOWSKI We are trying to grow the international side as fast as possible and this side is looking very promi...
GARETH DAVIES All we really want is otherness, tossing from side to side, and greeting every toss with shouts of w...
BERNARD BERENSON Convinced that we're living the whole time that we're dying.
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TEGAN QUIN This is the tie we wanted as Trabzonspor were the second best side in Turkey last season,
IAN MURRAY We said that the way we were going to win this game is that we were going to defend first. If we put...
JAMES BUSH The fortified towns of the Hurons were all on the side exposed to Iroquois incursions.
FRANCIS PARKMAN We're always on the side of the animal that's being chased. We always seem to be on the side...
NORMAN JEWISON And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, whic...
BIBLE We live in a time when there dawns upon us a realization that the people on the other side of the mo...
CARL GUSTAV JUNG There's a good side and a bad side to this.
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EMERIL LAGASSE We were longing for a church on our side of town,
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DALE WEEKS Today, we have two Vietnams, side by side, North and South, exchanging and working. We may not agree...
SHEILA JACKSON LEE When you were a tadpole, and I was a fish, In the Palaeozoic time, And side by side in the slu...
LANGDON SMITH We were the guys on the other side. It was hilarious.
DAVID STEINBERG The price seems on the high side, especially when taking the growth of this company into account.
MARC KENNIS We were just side-by-side. It was as good as racing gets. As Mike said, he could've played rock-pape...
GARY BALLOUGH I think we showed we were a good side and fully deserved the win today.
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