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Certainly my life will not ever be as private and discreet, and perhaps I should even use the word insulated, as it was
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"Certainly my life will not ever be as private and discreet, and perhaps I should even use the word insulated, as it was before"

- Anita Hill

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Anita Hill is describing the truth that her life has changed considerably given that she testified in the 1991 Supreme Court verification hearings of Clarence Thomas. She is saying that her life will never be the exact same, and that it will no longer be as private and discreet as it was before. She is suggesting that her life has ended up being more bare and public, and that she has actually lost the insulation of privacy that she once had. This quote shows the effect that her testimony had on her life, and how it has altered her life forever. It likewise talks to the guts and strength she needed to come forward and speak her truth, regardless of the prospective effects. Anita Hill's quote is a pointer of the power of speaking up and defending what is right, even when it is difficult.

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Anita Hill This quote is written / told by Anita Hill somewhere between July 30, 1956 and today. She was a famous Professor from USA. The author also have 29 other quotes.

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