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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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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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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Heartless retouching should not be the chosen tool to represent women in the beginning of this century.
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I get paid to work; I don't pay to work.
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If you look at the life of Jesus, that's an example of true worship. You know look at the stories, if you want to learn about real worship read Matthew through John. Seriously. You just read it and you will see the true level. You see when Jesus is in the boat and the storm comes when it comes and the winds are blowing and Jesus is sleeping in the boat and the disciples are freaking out. And Jesus wakes up and says "What you guys got is a problem, no?" and he commands the seas to be calm that's true worship.
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I'm not going to run for political office.
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The best sort of activity is one that combines mental effort with sensuous delight. That's why I love drawing.
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I have created a life by stepping out of the box of people's limitations. I call it zigging when others are zagging.
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A modest woman has good children.
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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.
