Jill Clayburgh Quotes
What bugs me is that movies don't reflect how interesting and vibrant women are. We don't treasure women as they get older.
Quotes to Explore
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Dangerous people with guns are a threat to women.
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After marriage, most women keep aside their aspirations and dreams as their priorities change.
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The United States condoned dictatorships in Latin America for much of the 20th century.
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Great men marry great women.
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Women's inclusion in the economy is one of the most important issues in Israel.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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What I find so interesting about people is the choices they make, and how that effects their behavior, their sense of self and their relationships.
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I like women with style to wear my shoes.
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There are a lot of actors who will sit here and talk to you about characters - 'He does this, and she's a really interesting character because she does this.' I'm not like that at all. I'm not an actory actor.
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Age discrimination is illegal. But when compared with discrimination against racial minorities and women, it is a second-class civil rights issue.
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I want to make something that's respectful and respected. And I think you can make something for women that is respected on television.
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British women can be slightly more reserved; Scottish are a little more crazy and fun, and American are more forthright, which I really enjoy.
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What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane?
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Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fantastic idea, even more than the idea of God I think.
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Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper has felt impelled, in recent years, to write a book about it.
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Most Muslim women know it is fear and curiosity that cause people to stare. They know it is ignorance and stereotypes that cause people to suppose that a piece of material covering the hair strips a woman of the ability to speak English, pursue a career, work a remote control.
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I've written extensively on Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth and seen up close how those women, who were born when the country hoped for a male heir, made their way as leaders.
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I think that it's going to be interesting to see where Beyonce's career goes.
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I remember hearing a good story about Jack Nicholson working with Stanley Kubrick on The Shining 1980. Nicholson was saying that, as an actor, you always want to try to make things real. And believable. When he was working with Kubrick, he finished a take and said, "I feel like that was real." And Kubrick said, "Yes, it's real, but it's not interesting".
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Simple is the language of truth.
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What we have learned to look for in a situation determines mostly what we see.
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Like Barack Obama's father, Trump's mother was an immigrant. But Trump doesn't often bring up his Scottish ancestry on the campaign trail.
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To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious.
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What bugs me is that movies don't reflect how interesting and vibrant women are. We don't treasure women as they get older.
