Jessica Valenti Quotes
When I started blogging in 2004, I responded to every comment no matter how nasty the reader was. I was generally polite, believing that these critics would be so charmed by my professionalism that they would see the error of their misogynist ways and swiftly run out to read a bell hooks book. Ha!
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I love to cook. I could never give that up.
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When I was in high school, I was really into string theory and superstring theory and read 'Scientific American.' It's fascinating.
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The director had come to Madrid to court me.
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I think that when you don't look at the good things around you, that you lose sight of all those good things. And you're not going to enjoy your life.
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I have had an amazing career for a man who hits things for a living.
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As an athlete, my health has always been important to me.
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It goes without saying that it's hard to attain a certain level of success.
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William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.
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There's no smarter politician out there than Bill Clinton.
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It is amazing that the wisdom of the chattering class to the Republicans is always, always, always 'Surrender your principles and agree with the Democrats.' That's been true for my entire lifetime.
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Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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My awkward stage extended well into high school.
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Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
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As human beings, we all have reasons for our behavior. There may be people who have certain physiological issues that dictate why they make certain choices. On the whole, though, I think we're dictated by our structure, our past, our environment, our culture. So once you understand the patterns that shape a person, how can you not find sympathy?
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My films are personal-voice-driven films about human characters and the place we live. Technically, I'm an independent filmmaker.
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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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Sometimes I see through things when people are talking. I'm really sensitive to other people, so I can tell if somebody's putting on a front.
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Et à quoi bon exécuter des projets, puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante?
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There are things coming from me that I felt I wanted to talk about. My search for my own blend of spirituality, my acknowledgement of my sexuality, my being the single mother of a young man.
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I worked hard at memorizing lists of facts and figures, and carried with me a book of facts.
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My favorite kind of book is a domestic drama that's grounded in reality yet slightly unhinged.
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First we pre-visualized it [the flying fish scene in 'Life of Pi'] so the actors could act. It took a long time to get that to come to life and to design those coming out of the screen. We had great fun with that. It takes a long time, a year maybe.
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When I started blogging in 2004, I responded to every comment no matter how nasty the reader was. I was generally polite, believing that these critics would be so charmed by my professionalism that they would see the error of their misogynist ways and swiftly run out to read a bell hooks book. Ha!
