Eve Ensler Quotes
Why are women immobile? Because so many feel like they’re waiting for someone to say, "You’re good, you’re pretty, I give you permission."
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When you're a woman, you have to work harder to get a laugh... I follow so many hilarious women on Twitter. It's a daily reminder that women get to be funny.
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The women who don't feel that people think they're sexy are the ones who seem to titillate in that way, because they don't feel like they're getting that kind of approval.
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In Europe you can be Sophia, you can be these older women who are considered very sexy.
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I feel like I'm here to bust those misconceptions and stereotypes of Muslim women.
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So when you start touring, women are definitely going to check you out first.
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I don't think women's prisons are environments for dance routines, and I don't think mass murder is humorous.
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It's not just in Hollywood that women run the risk of being passed by once they reach 50. It happens in real life, too.
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Gay guys love women who are tough, who are survivors. They always call me a diva. And I am a survivor; I've pulled through everything and I've not become bitter about it.
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Beauty is what attracts men naturally, but really I think we dress for other women, not necessarily for men. We torture ourselves every single day, and I wish that we wouldn't because we should all just get along, really.
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I see women in their 30s getting plastic surgery, pulling this up and tucking that back. It's like a slippery slope - once you start you pull one thing one way and then you think, 'Oh my God, I've got to do the other side.'
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Firefighters are essential to the safety and security of our local communities. We owe it to these men and women to provide them with better training and equipment so they can do their jobs more effectively and safely.
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We take men's obligation to earn money, and when they do it well, we blame them for having power and being oppressors. And when they don't do it all, women just don't marry men who are reading 'I'm Okay, You're Okay' in the unemployment line.
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Aren't women prudes if they don't and prostitutes if they do?
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People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength. I'm very proud to have Latin blood.
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I would love to walk into a mall and see more than two or three stores that cater to women who are a size 14 and up!
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Now is the most exciting time in fashion. Women are controlling their destiny now, the consumer is more knowledgeable, and I have to be better every single day.
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I don't distinguish between men and women. This is irrelevant to me, and I don't think in these terms.
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In a lot of ways, I think television is better for women than film.
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In the early part of my life I carried the flame for fiery women: perky women who were not dumb.
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Always marry a woman from Texas. No matter how tough things get, she's seen tougher.
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I grew up singing in church as a little boy.
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Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual.
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Darling: the popular form of address used in speaking to a member of the opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment remember.
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Why are women immobile? Because so many feel like they’re waiting for someone to say, "You’re good, you’re pretty, I give you permission."
