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 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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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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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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Playing a plainer role means everything is dependent on the credentials of the actor, not the fact that they are as pretty as Julia Roberts. People start to look at their talent rather than their appearance. And playing the ugly part often means less time in the make-up chair, which is a great benefit on set.
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Even if there's a tiny tiny chance, isn't that worth going for it?
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Today, political events are nullified unless they're on TV.
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I pay such close attention of the record making process that most people would assume are very little and wouldn't be that big of a deal; the packaging, the title, and the harmonies, I think, are arguably as important as the lead vocals.
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In the absence of full-fledged Congressional investigations, American policymakers rarely look back. They are bound by continuity and fealty across administrations and generations.
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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.
