Jessica Valenti Quotes
Whether it's repro rights, violence against women, or just plain old vanilla sexism, most issues affecting women have one thing in common - they exist to keep women 'in their place.' To make sure that we're acting 'appropriately,' whatever that means.
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I could be the best looking guy in the Duma, but that's only because all the other guys are over 60.
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Our message of a balanced budget amendment, term limits to end career politicians, and a real plan to keep America safe is resonating with voters.
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The ironic thing is I took Kole from a family name - we had a vote and they had a few names, but Kole won - and getting it spelled with a 'K' is a constant correction, too. I'll never not be Warren Blosjo; it's just my stage name.
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First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he did as well as a second chance for a better life.
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A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life, I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth - that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire.
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What I don't miss is living in a small town where everybody knows you, your family, and what you ate for breakfast.
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I think money helps us. It helps us. It's our - it's our exchange system. But it does not buy you happiness. It doesn't buy you health.
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There were centuries when civilization had no theater.
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Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again.
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Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?
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We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.
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I think the technology will get bigger and the price of Bitcoin will go up, so I'm speculating to increase my purchasing power. But I don't intend to sell the Bitcoin. I intend to hold it until there's a day where I can just use Bitcoin completely.
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Fortunately, I don't spend too much time reading or worrying about what people have to say, but the goal for me throughout this whole process - throughout my whole life - is to try to be happy.
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Tackling still comes down to leverage and owning that leverage and making your hits.
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Obviously I'm not 21 anymore, but I think I can still throw with anybody.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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I think most Americans don't really care about politicians bickering in Washington.
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You perhaps know me as a novelist. Literature is one of the arts – in fact, the noblest of the arts. That is not my opinion; it was first expressed by the ancients. As art, literature has many similarities with the other art forms.
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I wanted to be a violin-maker like my dad, and then I wanted to be a doorman in my building.
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But, come to think of it, there was no need to wait. Time travelers don’t have to wait for anybody.
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We need preachers. We need men who believe that this task and women who believe that this task is so great that not all the strategies in the world can make one soul converted.
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I only want to play basketball, and play it well and be happy about it. But I realize that with being famous, comes a lot of demands.
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Whether it's repro rights, violence against women, or just plain old vanilla sexism, most issues affecting women have one thing in common - they exist to keep women 'in their place.' To make sure that we're acting 'appropriately,' whatever that means.
