http://quotations.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2012-02-11T15:07:04Z Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:07:04 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://quotations.about.com/b/2012/02/18/woman-power.htm <p>While the gender battle rages on, and <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://quotations.about.com/od/morepeople/a/woman3.htm">women</a> continue to prove their worth in several male dominated sectors, I wonder: Is feminism overrated?</p> <p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://uspolitics.about.com/od/biographies/p/Rick-Santorum-Biography.htm">Rick Santorum</a>, author the controversial book, <em>It Takes a Family</em> has an interesting take on feminism. He accuses feminist hardliners of eroding family values in the pursuit of monetary and personal gains.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://quotations.about.com/b/2012/02/18/woman-power.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://quotations.about.com/b/2012/02/18/woman-power.htm Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:53:27 +0000 2012-02-18T14:53:27Z http://quotations.about.com/b/2012/02/11/valentines-day-specials.htm <p>If it were not for <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://angels.about.com/od/MiraclesReligiousTexts/p/Who-Was-Saint-Valentine.htm">St. Valentine</a>, <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://quotations.about.com/od/lovequotes/a/lovequotes34.htm ">love</a> would have been considered the occupation of a wastrel. <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://quotations.about.com/od/Valentines-Day/a/Valentines-Day-Quotes.htm">Valentine's Day</a> is a celebration of love; the magic bond that ensures the survival of the human species.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://quotations.about.com/b/2012/02/11/valentines-day-specials.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://quotations.about.com/b/2012/02/11/valentines-day-specials.htm Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:07:04 +0000 2012-02-11T15:07:04Z http://quotations.about.com/b/2012/02/10/retro-romance-the-old-fashioned-way-of-professing-love.htm <p>Do you want to evoke sensuous love in the heart of your beloved? 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