Elizabeth Janeway Quotes
The greatest barrier to women's advance in the public world of action has been their acquiescence in the idea that they don't belong out there.
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The message I like to convey to women and girls across the globe is that there is no glass ceiling.
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If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence.
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Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
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There are so many young women coming up through the ranks. Adele is an amazing singer. Beyonce has great stage presence. She's just a beautiful woman. I love how everyone has just taken charge of their lives and careers.
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Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal.
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There's something really unique about 'Orphan Black' is that it has a lot of female leads, so it's about a lot of women's stories, but it's not women's stories in terms of trying to find a guy or keep a guy; it's about entirely other things.
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How in the world any one weighing 185 pounds can be cute is beyond me.
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Why are comedic parts for women the exception, not the rule?
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By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.
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Feminism is a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.
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If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do.
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I am the freest author in the world.
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Villains never know they are villains in a picture so I play this like I'm the nicest guy in the world.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.
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As people, right now, we're so over-stimulated in this world that I don't know what I'd do in Wyoming. I really don't know what I'd do. I would probably have a heart attack because I'd be so lonely, and I'd actually have to listen to myself think. That's a terrifying prospect for myself, and I'm sure many other people as well.
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We must have our say, not through violence, aggression or fear. We must speak out calmly and forcefully. We shall only be able to enter the new world era if we agree to engage in dialogue with the other side.
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I am perhaps the oldest musician in the world. I am an old man but in many senses a very young man. And this is what I want you to be, young, young all your life, and to say things to the world that are true.
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They will always assume that this guy - an upcoming actor, what if he becomes a star tomorrow? He would not work with me then... so I might as well choose to be nice. But women are not treated with the same attitude. Women they treat really badly.
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America, thou half-brother of the world; with something good and bad of every land.
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What we want from art is whatever is missing from the lives we are already living and making. Something is always missing, and so art-making is endless.
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I try to live intentionally, and the things that move me, I'm going to throw myself at them. I want to see what my potential is. I'm always curious to see what the edge is.
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Too many actors have run for office. There's one difference between me and them: I know I'm not qualified.
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It's one thing if you live in London and you're rooting for Chelsea or you're in New York and you love the Giants or Jets and no matter who's on the team you're into it. It's different in tennis; you're sort of your own guy, so you have to reach out and grab a person in a different way.
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The greatest barrier to women's advance in the public world of action has been their acquiescence in the idea that they don't belong out there.
