Eve Ensler Quotes
If you look at capitalism and patriarchy, they're both such hierarchical, competitive, oneupmanship systems. They've trained us all to think that power means having all the goods or having the most money or having the most attention or having the most fame. That's not the power that interests me. Actually, the deconstruction of that power is what interests me.
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To the best of my judgment, I have labored for, and not against, the Union. As I have not felt, so I have not expressed any harsh sentiment towards our Southern brethren. I have constantly declared, as I really believed, the only difference between them and us is the difference of circumstances.
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I had the good fortune of having a happy, closely knit family.
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The thing about the Internet is that you can write something... for a very narrow audience and make a living at it.
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I have learned to take the part of me that is very fearful and work on that. There is space for that in my life. I have learned to give myself a bit more freedom between 'action' and 'cut.' I come by all that fear honestly, like most humans have. I can't bring it with me to work, so in that way, the work feels quite liberating.
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I love accents. It's a great way to separate yourself when playing a role.
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I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in Hollywood, is way overused.
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I love doing voice-over. It's one of my favorite things.
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I always loved art shows at schools. My friends with kids would go, and I would go with them. It's some of my favorite art... It's more about creativity than the grand statement of an agenda.
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It is fascinating to watch legislators turn away from their usual corporate grips when they hear the growing thunder of the people.
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The launch of a space shuttle can still make you weep with amazement and wonder, if you happen to be watching it.
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Making a book is such a big enterprise.
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It was so strange. I knew that Josephine Baker had performed on the same stage but that night I felt it. Many of the same people who worked with Josephine Baker are still here. They know what they're doing. And that was a very comfortable feeling.
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For those, like me, who can't rely on being given a home smoker this Christmas, you can build your own approximation with just a roll of tin foil and a big wok or pan for which you have a lid.
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Die ganzen Zahlen hat der liebe Gott gemacht, alles andere ist Menschenwerk.
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I feel better in my body now than when I was 20. Why not?
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The investor world that looks at studios as part of media companies will say that the studio business is supposed to be erratic. Not at our company. Not at Time Warner.
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I keep lip gloss everywhere. It always makes me feel like I am slightly put together.
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Japanese people today think of money, just money: Where is our national spirit today? The Jieitai must be the soul of Japan. … The nation has no spiritual foundation. That is why you don’t agree with me. You will just be American mercenaries. There you are in your tiny world. You do nothing for Japan. … I salute the Emperor. Long live the emperor!
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I wrote a couple of scripts on spec that didn't get made but got some attention, and I then got offers to write professionally.
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Money is how we keep the score in motor racing nowadays.
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Few things parallel the bonding that occurs post-performance when congratulatory remarks are awarded, regrets are confessed, and gossip is exchanged.
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A film adaptation is, I hope, the director's version. A new creation.
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If you look at capitalism and patriarchy, they're both such hierarchical, competitive, oneupmanship systems. They've trained us all to think that power means having all the goods or having the most money or having the most attention or having the most fame. That's not the power that interests me. Actually, the deconstruction of that power is what interests me.
