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 love to come in and play with a wig or glasses or clothes. I love using props. I'm from the Peter Sellers school of trying to prepare for the character.
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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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You might not agree with me, but I always offer a lot of support.
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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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Our best thoughts come from others.
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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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If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.
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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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Spielberg knows his craft so well, he can also improvise, and that is a lot of fun.
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There should be fireworks at last, when a dream dies.
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I've been inspired by Coco Chanel. She broke all the rules of her time when she was designing. She pretty much revolutionized the way that women dressed at the time, and in doing that, she modernized the way they looked because they could move more freely in their clothes.
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I must have interviewed 600 or 700 scientists all around the world.
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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.
