Eve Ensler Quotes
The only point of having power it seems to me is to empower others. The only point of leadership is to inspire.
Quotes to Explore
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All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
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Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
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We have to tell people who need help that it's OK to ask for it.
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Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.
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The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.
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The self is just our operation center, our consciousness, our moral compass. So, if we want to act more effectively in the world, we have to get to know ourselves better.
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I always follow the same idea: Start small and disrupt to create something big.
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Entrepreneurship is really hard and painful - I'm not sure I'd recommend it for anyone who can't handle the extreme stress.
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I think the veil is a way of taking power away from women.
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Standing up to Ahmadinejad is not a partisan issue and should never be one.
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I don't listen to the news. I don't read the newspaper unless it's eccentric information - and the obituaries, of course.
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Losing my daughter was a very serious pain. There was always some empty space in my heart.
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Cause when you're fifteenAnd somebody tells you they love you,you're gonna believe them.And when you're fifteen,Feeling like there's nothing to figure out,Well count to ten, take it in.This is life before you knowWho you're gonna be,You're fifteen.
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Any organism must be treated as-a-whole; in other words, that an organism is not an algebraic sum, a linear function of its elements, but always more than that. It is seemingly little realized, at present, that this simple and innocent-looking statement involves a full structural revision of our language...
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The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. To dig for treasures shows not only impatience and greed, but lack of faith. Patience, patience, patience, is what the sea teaches. Patience and faith. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.
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I wanted to know if the 'Iliad' in the original was as relevant and contemporary as it was in translation. I then started Latin. I had finally found something I enjoyed and was good at: dead languages!
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When I have meetings scheduled so tight that I can't go to the loo, that's where I draw the line!
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My brother and I are best friends.
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Little girls love dolls. They just don't love doll clothes. We've got four thousand dolls and ain't one of them got a stitch of clothes on.
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The more expansive government is, the more perils people face in daily lives, be it from IRS agents or from child support services, or from other agencies that often have little or no legal restraints on their power.
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You don't want to look back and have any regrets because things are too hard.
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It is urgent to shift from a traditional, authoritative, rote educational approach to a project-based and experiential approach. Specific hard skills are fundamental, but is even more important that students 'learn how to learn' and focus on crucial soft skills such as flexibility and the ability to adapt to change.
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To love the perfection with which we do our work, or the company of those with whom we work, is the secret of learning to love the work itself.
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The only point of having power it seems to me is to empower others. The only point of leadership is to inspire.
