Vita Sackville-West Quotes
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Women are needed in the military because there aren't enough soldiers, and we're seeing more women serve.
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I like women with style to wear my shoes.
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One cannot understand what's happening to women in the Middle East if they don't realize that the mothers are a strong, progressive force. The mothers push the daughters to get out of the harem, to get the education, to achieve what they could not even dream of.
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My favorite charity is the Women's Refugee Commission and the Nomi network.
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Some people like just sitting down and being taken for a ride. That's a beautiful thing that fiction can do. But it's not the only thing. In television and film, people are ready to accept any kind of jump cut, but the slightest disturbance on the page ruffles their feathers.
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I can say I love working with women. Film is a man's world, and I really appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with women, especially young women.
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The fact that the movement was carried on by women who, for the most part, had no money of their own and were totally inexperienced in organization, and that they won their fight in about two generations, makes a story often dramatic and always worth preserving.
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I purposefully try to make films in that grey area, where things are morally ambiguous. It's like life: good people do horrible things, and bad people do good things, and there's beauty in horror and horror in beauty.
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To have a relationship that is pure and passionate and beautiful - I think people are scared of having that now. Especially guys.
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Athletes as role models and heroes is a hoax, a sick hoax. The men and women who are fighting in Iraq, they are the true heroes.
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The beautiful 1940s women were a strong influence for me.
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Adele's look is meticulously thought through and completely of her own traits. She has such a powerful beauty, such an emotional voice, and the kohl, the hair, everything feels organically molded to her personality.
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I know I'm never going to be one of those size 2 actresses – that's just not me. But I do want to be the healthiest I can be, and a role model to women of all shapes and sizes.
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When you get married you forget about kissing other women.
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When I was really small, my mother had difficulty keeping me dressed, as I liked to be naked! I definitely had very strong ideas on what I wanted to wear. My favourite look was always Action Man and Spiderman. Now though, I really like beautiful clothes.
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In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex.
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A man's brain has a more difficult time shifting from thinking to feeling than a women's brain does.
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Women eat while they are talking; men talk while they are eating.
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I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.
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My priority will continue to be that we maintain the optimal balance to be able to invest in education and infrastructure while encouraging business growth.
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During my grief, I realised there was nothing I could do for my mother, but I did have a child.
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I try to put a positive spin on things.
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I tell the truth, and it has gotten me into a lot of trouble. My dad used to say to me, 'If you tell the truth all day long, you will end up in jail.'
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What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful.
