Ellen Willis Quotes
Give people the power to shape their lives to their liking, and their souls will take care of themselves.
Quotes to Explore
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The world is too violent right now.
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I was a tomboy and didn't pay too much attention to my clothes.
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I could go and make commercials left and right and pretend like I am a celebrity, but that is not me.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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I think that its easy to think of the environment as all doom and gloom and that, 'What can we do, it's too late. And the polar bears are gone, and everything is gone.' But really, just the little steps that we can make as individuals make a big difference.
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Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows.
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Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
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Owing to the fact that leaders in the women's groups made a point of serving on the jury here whenever they were called, we have always had an unusually high type of women represented on the jury.
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I love watching action. I remember watching Angelina Jolie in 'Tomb Raider,' and I was like 'Wow, it's so cool when a girl can go around and kick butt.'
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I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.
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Your focus should be on creating an environment where growth can occur and then letting nature take its course.
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If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything.
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Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin.
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I talk in subjects and verbs, and sort of wind around in concentric circles until I get far enough away from the beginning so that I can call it the end, and it ends.
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I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. I'd love to do a box-office hit.
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A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!
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Israel will not divide its land. We're already too small.
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Nobody knows me, and I hope that it stays like this.
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Even when you take a holiday from technology, technology doesn't take a break from you.
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Behind my door at home, that's when I'm relaxed, and that's when I can allow the emotions or whatever - to feel just what I want to feel - so a lot of people don't know me in that respect. I need a bit of space, a bit of a place to come home to and not have to pretend or perform anymore, where I'm just myself.
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Music is music. It doesn't matter if I am trying to aim at country or trying to aim at pop.
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At a very young age I was allowed to go into the cinema and watch adult films.
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I made my share of mistakes. People can look at that as what not to do, and if they choose to make fun of it, that's fine. I can't control that. All I know is that I can control myself. And at that point in my life, I wasn't even able to do that.
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Give people the power to shape their lives to their liking, and their souls will take care of themselves.
