Eve Ensler Quotes
It seems to me there's this tyranny that's not accidental or incidental, to make women feel compelled to look like somebody they're not. I think the effort is being made to get us to turn our time and attention to this instead of important political issues.
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Now, I am completely independent - I earn my living by speaking and writing.
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There's such a fan base for 'Dark Shadows'. I remember watching the show as a kid, but I wasn't an ardent fan. I didn't run home from school to watch it.
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It's beneficial to play against your type; to be chameleon-like.
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I have to do something with my mind, or I'll get in trouble.
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We did it Disneyland, in the knowledge that most of the people I talked to thought it would be a financial disaster - closed and forgotten within the first year.
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I'm very active, wild woman.
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I remember what it was like to be doing 'Lost' and how creatively immersive it was. I just couldn't really engage on anything else, other than 'Lost;' I was just thinking about it all the time, and then there was just the pure workload, the 70- or 80-hour weeks.
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And not only that, I also have the MacBook Air which is really cool. Even my wife is jealous of my MacBook Air.
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The nurses were all angels in my eyes.
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From a person whose living depends on other people buying her creative work, this may sound odd, but one of my favorite things about the steampunk subculture is its do-it-yourself attitude.
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I think we have still to get to a place where we feel satisfied. We have this saying - 'In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king'. We are a little bit that way.
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Mr. Lely, I desire you would use all your skill to paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts, and everything as you see me, otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it.
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From the point of view of a tapeworm, man was created by God to serve the appetite of the tapeworm.
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I thought I'd become an actress, but then I realized I eat too much.
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In our rich consumers' civilization we spin cocoons around ourselves and get possessed by our possessions.
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I learned from a longtime farmer that pigs enjoy soothing music.
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People have said I played some pretty amazing gigs in the seventies, but in all honesty, I probably played one good show in three.
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It took me a while to get over 'Highway'. I started living the character of 'Veera' very closely. I don't think I would be able to give so much to a character the way I did with her.
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Keep your eyes peeled: Honor's the label to watch. It's quickly becoming a serious celebrity favorite - just ask fans Kirsten Dunst and Kelly Osbourne.
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I learned how not to be alone in the playground.
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Nobody wants an apology letter 14 years later.
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People always make war when they say they love peace.
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My advice would be to go with the "love who you are, embrace yourself" vibe that's happening right now.
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It seems to me there's this tyranny that's not accidental or incidental, to make women feel compelled to look like somebody they're not. I think the effort is being made to get us to turn our time and attention to this instead of important political issues.
