Eve Ensler Quotes
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Asian people are very practical and come from a conservative world. The parents want their kids to be doctors and lawyers. There are casting calls for Asian children, but once the parents find out the children might miss school, they're opposed to it.
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You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.
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When I got recognized as a writer, when I got the Emmy, I was more excited than the Emmys I had gotten as an actor.
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Don't allow your past or present condition to control you. It's just a process that you're going through to get you to the next level.
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Public speaking is done in the public tongue, the national or tribal language; and the language of our tribe is the men's language. Of course women learn it. We're not dumb. If you can tell Margaret Thatcher from Ronald Reagan, or Indira Gandhi from General Somoza, by anything they say, tell me how. This is a man's world, so it talks a man's language.
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What you saw was the people of New York having a debate, talking through these issues. It was contentious. It was emotional. But ultimately, they made a decision to recognize civil marriage. And I think that's exactly how things should work.
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Dumbledore was on his feet again, pale as any of the surrounding Inferi, but taller than any too, the fire dancing in his eyes; his wand was raised like a torch and from its tip emanated the flames, like a vast lasso, encircling them all with warmth.
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Unhappiness comes from mirrors. Happiness comes from windows.
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That is the creative artist - a penalty of the creative artist - wanting to make order out of chaos.
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Criticism is a destroyer of self-worth and esteem.
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Think of the mystical three days between the crucifixion and the resurrection as the time it takes for a situation to change once spirit has infused our consciousness. As we come to look at an experience differently, in time in begins to transform.
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While overeating would be seen by some as an indulgence of self, it is in fact a profound rejection of self. It is a moment of self-betrayal and self-punishment, and anything but a commitment to one's own well-being.
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It's because I'm only interested in the big things that I'm not interested in politics.
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Control your life through insanity.
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To escape from evil we must be made as far as possible like God; and the resemblance consists in becoming just and holy and wise.
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Betterment of conditions the world over is not essentially dependent on scientific knowledge but on the fulfillment of human traditions and ideals.
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A good old man, sir. He will be talking. As they say, when the age is in, the wit is out.
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.
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Most of us assume we are seeing the world the way it really is.
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Gravity is not an option in string theory. It is a logical consequence of it!
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When you bring consciousness to anything, things begin to shift.
