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121 " When fathers take equal responsibility for the care of their children, that’s when women will truly be liberated "
― Irin Carmon , Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
122 " But RBG had a job to do, and she wasn’t done yet. "
123 " If involuntary discharge of a woman solely on the ground of her pregnancy is not sex discrimination, nothing is! "
124 " Not long before pop culture discovered RBG, liberal law professors and commentators began telling her the best thing she could do for what she cared about was to quit, so that President Barack Obama could appoint a successor. RBG, ardently devoted to her job, has mostly brushed that dirt off her shoulder. Her refusal to meekly shuffle off the stage has been another public, high-stakes act of defiance. "
125 " I very much want to be considered on the basis of whatever merit I have, not on the basis of my sex. "
126 " Only a woman’s body showed proof of having sex, and only women were punished for having it. "
127 " A FULLY ADULT HUMAN, RESPONSIBLE FOR HER OWN CHOICES "
128 " Legacy is a topic RBG won’t linger on, because it has a note of finality. But she will take stock. “In my life, what I find most satisfying is that I was a part of a movement that made life better, not just for women,” RBG says. “I think gender discrimination is bad for everyone, it’s bad for men, it’s bad for children. "
129 " To be like RBG in dissent, save your public anger for when there’s lots at stake and when you’ve tried everything else. "
130 " I just try to do the good job that I have to the best of my ability, and I really don’t think about whether I’m inspirational. I just do the best I can.” —RBG, "
131 " RBG gets out—a lot. "
132 " Mommy does the thinking and Daddy does the cooking. "
133 " Having read that the first year of a child’s life is when the personality is formed, Marty threw himself into caring for Jane while they were living in Oklahoma. "
134 " Your son stole the elevator!” “How far could he take it?” Marty replied. "
135 " Always be a lady: “That meant always conduct yourself civilly, don’t let emotions like anger or envy get in your way. . . . Don’t snap back in anger. Anger, resentment, indulgence in recriminations waste time and sap energy.” “Hold fast to your convictions and your self-respect.” Last but definitely not least: always be independent. "
136 " Even their disagreements pleased RBG, in a way: They proved women had diverse views. "
137 " For a while, her favorites were books about Greek and Norse mythology, and then she graduated to Nancy Drew. “This was a girl who was an adventurer, who could think for herself, who was the dominant person in her relationship with her young boyfriend,” RBG remembered happily. "
138 " Scalia would bring the spoils of a recent hunting trip. “Scalia kills it and Marty cooks it,” said guest and former Bush solicitor general Theodore Olson in 2007. “I never heard them talk about anything political or ideological, because there would be no point, "
139 " Celia’s instructions would remain carved in her daughter’s memory. Ruth was to always be a lady. “That meant always conduct yourself civilly, don’t let emotions like anger or envy get in your way,” RBG later explained. “Hold fast to your convictions and your self-respect, be a good teacher, but don’t snap back in anger. Anger, resentment, indulgence in recriminations waste time and sap energy.” Few mothers of that time gave their daughters Celia’s second piece of advice: Always be independent. "
140 " Her “feminist friends,” she said, have asked why Scalia, a man, got to sit in the front. “It had to do with the distribution of weight,” RBG deadpanned. "