“Freedom is taking so much for granted, when you don't appreciate the small things that you have.”
Cameron Duncan (1986–2003) New Zealand filmmaker
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“It is no small thing, this, for a woman: freedom.”
Source: The Boleyn Inheritance
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As quoted in " Eja! Eja! Alala!" in TIME magazine (23 July 1923) http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,716187,00.html <br class="br">1920s
