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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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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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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We're close to losing our essential diversity. Look at our wheat crops - we rely on a handful of grain crops and plants that we've refined and bred over hundreds of years.
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I do not know which makes a man more conservative - to know nothing but the present, or nothing but the past.
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I wouldn't exactly call it 'Intelligent', but somebody has to be behind designing the human form other than just biological necessity. Why else would women have arms? Or feet? Or mouths?
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In the web products and services world, you have a real-time interaction with your customers, and then a real-time editing of how you as a company are doing.
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If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women.
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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.
