Jessica Valenti Quotes
A huge part of keeping women in their place has to do with creating a really limited definition of what a 'real' woman is like. And a ton of that what-makes-a-woman nonsense is attached to motherhood. Apparently, by virtue of having ovaries and a uterus, women are automatic mommies or mommies-to-be.
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As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.
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It's lovely to be considered pretty and lovely to do photo shoots, and I just love fashion. But I'm proud that I did the characters I wanted to do.
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There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes.
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If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme.
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What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.
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The Islamist ideology took decades to incubate within our communities, and it will take decades to debunk.
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I am a reluctant celebrity, in some ways.
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It was hard at school because, growing up, some people wanted to be friends with me just because they wanted to get to my dad and say that they had met him and had gone to our house. I didn't understand it at the time, but the older I got and the more aware of it I became, it started becoming hard.
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I am happy that thousands of students, young designers and fashion people will be able to see and study my work in every aspect of it.
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Free societies are societies in motion, and with motion comes friction.
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I'm a slow starter.
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The accepted definition of a serial killer is a person who kills at least three times with a cooling off period in between his murders.
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I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker.
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Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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I've purged myself of bitterness and anger and remained open to love.
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The true doctrine is that labor - systematic, effective, congenial labor - is not only a necessity, but is the source of the highest enjoyment.
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The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented.
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I've tried to choose roles where women are not just reacting or waiting for something to happen.
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What the church is really concerned about is what endures.
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If I'm having a really bad day, I always have a girlfriend - or even a guy friend - who I can call. They'll listen to me wallow for a minute and then be like, 'Okay, let's stop. Everything's great. Let's figure out how to fix whatever's bothering you.'
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There will always be women who say, 'She doesn't represent me.' In retrospect, these things are gifts, because it forces me to step up and defend what I'm doing.
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Men are taught to apologise for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.
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A huge part of keeping women in their place has to do with creating a really limited definition of what a 'real' woman is like. And a ton of that what-makes-a-woman nonsense is attached to motherhood. Apparently, by virtue of having ovaries and a uterus, women are automatic mommies or mommies-to-be.
