Jessica Valenti Quotes
There is no public space for women; the whole world is a prison where you have to be constantly aware at all times that you're a potential victim. What's more terrifying is that it's not necessarily preventative.
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I realized I made a big mistake and if I could have it over again, I would do it so much differently.
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A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
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I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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Everyone who likes my books is like me in some way.
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I love Coco de Mer.
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Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.
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Time stays, we go.
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I went to a strict elementary school with nuns, and uniforms that I'm pretty sure were made out of sandpaper. It was an academic, sports-oriented place. I liked to read, and wanted to act, and didn't try out for volleyball. I was weird. The other girls would dip my hair in ink and stuff.
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I have been afraid of guns, I have sworn I would never use a gun on another person and so did not need one, and I have wanted to deny the existence of evil.
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Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.
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I think that cancer is a life form that exists out there, and it exists in us. I think even the concept of healing is a spiritual principle that we have to really look at. I think the word itself is something we ought to get rid of, because it implies that there is illness - that there is something wrong.
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Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.
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People say, 'Well you know the economy's bad, so China consumption will be low. No, totally different. You Americans love to spend tomorrow's money, and other people's money maybe... We Chinese love to save money.
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A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel, any day.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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Dialogue is something I don't get a lot of on 'Game of Thrones.'
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Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don't have.
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It is their character indeed that makes people who they are. But it is by reason of their actions that they are happy or the reverse.
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Guitars are like women. You'll never get them totally right.
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I had created a happy world of make-believe around me during the long years of loneliness, a world of beauty and love. It had helped me to survive, this lovely world that was to be mine when the war was over.
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Where are the leaders?' Sapphique asked. 'In the fortresses,' the swan replied. 'And the poets?' 'Lost in dreams of other worlds.' 'And the craftsmen?' 'Forging machines to challenge the darkness.' 'And the Wise, who made the world?' The swan lowered its black neck sadly. 'Dwindled to crones and sorcerers in towers.
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There is no public space for women; the whole world is a prison where you have to be constantly aware at all times that you're a potential victim. What's more terrifying is that it's not necessarily preventative.
