It's important to underscore this overriding fact: women are not just victims of conflict-they are agents of peace and agents of change.
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Twenty years ago, I wrote a book called 'It Takes a Village.' And a lot of people looked at the title and asked, 'What the heck do you mean by that?' This is what I mean. None of us can raise a family, build a business, heal a community or lift a country totally alone.
Interpretation
What this quote means
We need community support to achieve significant goals in life.
Hillary Clinton's quote emphasizes the importance of collective effort and community in achieving common goals such as raising families, building businesses, and improving society. It suggests that success and progress are often the result of collaboration and support from others rather than individual efforts alone.
Themes
CommunitySupportCollaborationFamilyTogetherness
In practice
Example use cases
During a community meeting, when discussing volunteer efforts, you could say, 'As Hillary Clinton reminds us, it takes a village.'
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