Eve Ensler Quotes
Success itself doesn't give you happiness. It's what you do with your success that gives you happiness.
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Acting is an odd lifestyle. You make deep bonds quickly and, though you move on, you go around on a loop and see people again.
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Comic book readers tend to be pretty secular and anti-authoritarian; nothing is above satire in their eyes.
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I investigated post-traumatic stress disorder. I've been to a unit where people are suffering from it, and I read a lot of literature. I looked at footage of soldiers in the combat zone. I found 'Restrepo' to be unbelievably useful.
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If a writer doesn't do anything but give a new word to his language and, from there, maybe to other languages, I think that writer redefines the world.
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As far as the grunge thing, there are three bands from Seattle that I would call true grunge.
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The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than from his fervent supporters.
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I am frequently attacked.
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I have spent my career fighting to make Oregon a place where everyone can thrive.
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There's a time to impress someone, and then there's a time to make an impression on someone.
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We can continue down our current path, in which the gears of this great democracy grind to a halt and our children accept a life of lower expectations; where politics is a zero-sum game where a few do very well while struggling families of every race fight over a shrinking economic pie - that’s one path. Or we can have the courage to change.
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When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.
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A rebellion is not a revolution. It may ultimately lead to that end.
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I'm just very good at pretending.
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The country crowd just has fun.
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London is the most multicultural, mixed-race place on Earth.
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I'm so fortunate in that I've never had another job to pay a bill but acting, since the day I got out of high school.
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Does not a man physically tremble under the mere look of a wild beast or fellow-man that is stronger than himself? Does not a woman redden all over when she feels her lover's eyes on her? How then should one doubt the mysterious power of one individual over another?
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You can't wrestle forever. It's a very physically taxing job. There's no doubt about it. Physically, and more importantly, mentally.
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When I see Jesus Christ I simply want to be what He wants me to be.
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"Should we tamper with nature?" is no longer a question - we've tampered with nature on the whole face of the Earth.
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It's all about the stache, and I have so many fans that offer me tips on mustache wax that I actually really appreciate. I've been able to get some leads on some good products.
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The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely thin paper with a bit of matress stuffing in it, if you could get a match, was as good a smoke as I ever tasted.
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I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.
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Success itself doesn't give you happiness. It's what you do with your success that gives you happiness.
