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What's presumed here is the guilt of the rape victim. It's the victim that's presumed to be lying, to have wanted the rape.


Marianne Mollmann

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MARIANNE WILLIAMSON My self healing lies in praying for those who have harmed me.
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MARIANNE WILLIAMSON You may believe that you are responsible for what you do, but not for what you think. The truth is t...
MARIANNE WILLIAMSON Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSON In the name of feminism, we denied some essential aspects of our authentic selves. While feminism sh...
MARIANNE WILLIAMSON The voice of God, if you must know, is Aretha Franklin's.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL I took drugs because we all took drugs.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL Lovers can do what they like to me - my head is cool.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL The really explicit phrase is doors of perception.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL I think I'm really powerful. They'll smash me, probably.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL The way I choose to show my feelings is through my songs.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL I never trusted anybody at all. I don't know why it was so hard, I just didn't.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL I find it illogical to make a case that it's better to be diversified when search is growing so much...
MARIANNE WOLK For some people, marriage may be very groovy. For me, it really isn't. I don't think it real...
MARIANNE FAITHFULL There were several leads and/or calls that came in on Sunday indicating that he was in Shreveport. U...
MARIANNE MATUS These are extremely strong results. There is nothing to quibble with.
MARIANNE WOLK