Emma McLaughlin Quotes
Read at a time when everything feels intense, seminal, and like you're the first person to discover it, freshman year of college, Carol Gilligan's 'In a Different Voice' made my hair stand on end with awe.
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I burp, I fart. I'm a real woman.
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I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.
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I wear the Jewish star, but I'm not - I haven't converted to Judaism, and I'm not - I'm not - I'm not Jewish in the conventional sense because the Kaballah is a belief system that predates religion and predates Judaism as an organized religion.
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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In the political system, we are a team; politics and bureaucracy, we are a team. The politicians, bureaucrats and the people, we are a team.
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I kinda wanted to play receiver more.
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Archery is not a sport for everyone. The equipment costs a lot, and it is not easy for everyone to find a place to play. It is perhaps similar to golf, but of course there are more golf courses than archery fields.
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I think the interesting thing about the word 'posh' is that it is so relative; it's quite a provocative title because people have strong feelings about that word.
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Psychoanalysis is out, under a therapeutic disguise, to do away entirely with the moral faculty in man.
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Any pitcher who might throw at me should know I'm not giving up my day job or trying to get anyone else's job. I just can't think of anything cooler than being one of the boys of summer!
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There is no empirical evidence to suggest that ageing in humans has been modified by any means, nor is there evidence that it is even possible to measure biological age. And nothing has been demonstrated to be true when it comes to anti-ageing medicines.
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He is far too intelligent to become really cerebral.
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When I went to record my first album, which should have been a punk album, there was a synthesiser in the control room. I'd never seen one before but they let me have a go on it and I loved it to bits.
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I think for a lot of amateurs, their alignment is always out.
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When I'd go to Israel, I felt like a tourist. My social and professional ties had started to dissolve, and it confused me. I didn't know whether I should stay here in Paris or go back to Israel, or even cut off all my ties with Israel so I could really plant roots here. Or maybe go somewhere else altogether.
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If you realize too acutely how valuable time is, you are too paralyzed to do anything.
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I still feel I need to do things 10 times better than other players. Just to be accepted and to improve myself.
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I came across humanity in Istanbul, and all I know about life comes from Istanbul, and definitely, I am writing about Istanbul. I also love the city because I live there, it has formed me, and it's me. Of course it is natural. If somebody lived all his life in Delhi, he will write about Delhi.
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I don't bash my company. I don't bash my opponents. I don't miss weight.
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At times they don't like you to kick them and they feel you're not allowed to kick them.
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I think people look at me different when they see I'm dressed well. They pay attention. They know I'm about something.
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When you go to a garden, do you look at thorns or flowers? Spend more time with the roses and jasmine.
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Comin' close together with a feelin' that I've never known before, in my time.She ain't ashamed to be a woman, or afraid to be a friend.I don't know the answer to the easy way she opened every door in my mind.But dreamin' was as easy as believin' it was never gonna end.And lovin' her was easier than anything I'll ever do again.
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Read at a time when everything feels intense, seminal, and like you're the first person to discover it, freshman year of college, Carol Gilligan's 'In a Different Voice' made my hair stand on end with awe.
