“I wanted to be free. I wanted to express desires on my own, to shape my own little life.”
Alexandra Kollontai (1872–1952) Soviet diplomat
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“I want to make my own life a masterpiece.”
Talks with Mussolini (1932), quoting earlier remarks <br class="br">As quoted in " Duce (1922-42)" in TIME magazine (2 August 1943) http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777927-4,00.html <br class="br">1930s <br class="br">Variant: I shall make my own life a masterpiece.
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