Jillian Rose Banks Quotes
I get so many questions in interviews about feminism, and I think the second you start separating femininity and masculinity and giving one more power than the other, that's like - everyone is a person.
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Of course, my faith has a lot to do with being able to be public without being a public nuisance.
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Basically, I have a gift as an actress, and I want to present the sophisticated side of me as an actress and a person.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.
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I was the first actress who branded her own line at a time when everyone just lent their name to a product. Everyone said I shouldn't do it, but it was probably the best thing I've ever done.
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The Democratic Party is the party of the status quo.
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The regime is afraid of the people because it knows that free and fair elections will bring about its end.
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There's no specific mission statement for the 'Toast.'
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I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.
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Even if your novel occurs in an unfamiliar setting in which all the customs and surroundings will seem strange to your reader, it's still better to start with action. The reason for this is simple. If the reader wanted an explanation of milieu, he would read nonfiction. He doesn't want information. He wants a story.
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When you've heard one bagpipe tune, you've heard them both.
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Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.
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My biggest influences as an actor were Marlon Brando, and I really dug James Dean.
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I have to protect my family and have a life with them that is completely private.
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You make your mistakes to learn how to get to the good stuff.
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Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
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I can be very ordinary looking.
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I feel very strongly that 'curves' are natural, womanly and real.
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I'm not giving in to anyone else's idea of how I ought to feel and look at 70. 'Retirement' is not a word I can even visualize. I retire when I go to bed!
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Adding power makes you faster on the straights. Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere.
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It's interesting: when you're kind of 'known' for being a writer, people don't think you've done anything else.
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I'm constantly struggling. You know, the stories that I feel like I could cover, do the work that I want to do and being a mother. That's really where my struggle is - and being a wife and having a life - and for me it's really hard to find that balance. I'm always struggling to find that balance.
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[The] Hopi earth does contain my roots and I am, indeed, from that land. Because the roots are there, I will find them. But when I find them, [my father] said, I must rebuild myself as a Hopi. I am not merely a conduit, but a participant. I am not a victim, but a woman.
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I get so many questions in interviews about feminism, and I think the second you start separating femininity and masculinity and giving one more power than the other, that's like - everyone is a person.
