Betty Friedan Quotes
Instead of fulfilling the promise of infinite orgastic bliss, sex in the America of the feminine mystique is becoming a strangely joyless national compulsion, if not a contemptuous mockery.
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.
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I have a roof over my head. I had a breakfast, and a lot of people in the world can't say that. I'm not going to complain about being interviewed.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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You're human; you make mistakes. You have to put all the things in the past.
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Your ability to shape your future depends on how well you communicate where you want to be when you get there. When ideas are communicated effectively, people follow and change.
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My beauty secret is... nothing! I don't drink too much water. I don't eat very well. Sometimes I cheat and grab some chocolate. The best thing is to eat what you want, but not very much.
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I never forget my old days and I never fly too high I have my feet fixed firmly on the ground!
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There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
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I've always fought as a heavyweight, and I didn't see any reason to fight at a lighter weight.
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I remember the Curia said, that's up to the American bishops, not up to Rome.
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Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.
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When Captain America is in a room full of Marvel superheroes, he is always Top Dog, even though his powers are pretty modest. He could be stood next to Thor, Iron Man, whoever. He is the one that everyone looks up to. To me, that is Superman, too. Even de-powered in the Legion arc, he was still Superman. Still Top Dog.
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I have no mouth, and I must scream.
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Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.
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My daughter, Lily Caitlin, means the most to me in the world.
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You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and drop into your grave.
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Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.
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When I was making my second record, I was in studio, and I was like, 'No more ballads! Absolutely not!' And somebody walked in with 'The Man I Wanna Be' and I heard it and was like, 'Ah, crap!'
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I just like comedy in general. My film work, which has been at times more dramatic, has been satisfying. But I never feel quite as good and as light and blissful as when I'm doing comedy.
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I'd like to go to the Moon.
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We are past the stage in our relations that you come to Washington with an empty goody bag and then you go back with a bag filled with stuff.
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We honor God by asking for great things when they are a part of His promise. We dishonor Him and cheat ourselves when we ask for molehills where He has offered mountains.
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Instead of fulfilling the promise of infinite orgastic bliss, sex in the America of the feminine mystique is becoming a strangely joyless national compulsion, if not a contemptuous mockery.
