Vandana Shiva Quotes
We share this planet, our home, with millions of species. Justice and sustainability both demand that we do not use more resources than we need.
Quotes to Explore
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Anonymity breeds meanness.
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Food is everything. Food, friends, family: Those are the most important things in life.
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Science fiction frees you to go anyplace and examine anything.
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Once you make it to your point of making it, you'll appreciate the struggle.
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There is definitely a way in which women are raised to be less proactive, less business-oriented, and less willing to jump into creative no man's land. I think media has more of an influence on how we perceive gender identity than anything else.
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Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
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To be slandered the way I get slandered is really uncalled for, but life goes on.
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It was just such a demeaning thing to do, being in silent movies. They'd call you up and tell you, 'Hey, jump off this building!' and they'd give you a hundred bucks, and you'd do it.
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Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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I feel sometimes that I'm in a constant state of being lost in translation, and I guess that why I write songs.
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For me personally, I try to use my size to my advantage where I can either slip by guys or try to create more space for myself.
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I tell my students, even if you are an opinion journalist, your opinion should be based on facts.
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I don't want to be competing in a sport where I feel that I'm here not on my talent and my hard work but because of a piece of equipment.
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I don't know what I was expecting or what I was dreaming about the xx accomplishing.
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That image is a couple different people's homes that I knew growing up.
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If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors.
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For more than four decades, the Libyan people have been ruled by a tyrant - Moammar Gaddafi. He has denied his people freedom, exploited their wealth, murdered opponents at home and abroad, and terrorized innocent people around the world - including Americans who were killed by Libyan agents.
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Writing has always been an interest of mine, and 'The Language of Flowers' combined my experience with foster care with something I've always wanted to do.
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Now that virtually every career is an option for ambitious girls, it can no longer be considered regressive or reactionary to reintroduce discussion of marriage and motherhood to primary education. We certainly do not want to return to the simplistic duality of home economics classes for girls and wood shop for boys.
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When I had my first child, I started to try and make fresh food for him daily, and I became frustrated with the amount of work - and time - involved in making baby food at home.
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All good sports reporters know that the best stories are in the loser's locker room.
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We share this planet, our home, with millions of species. Justice and sustainability both demand that we do not use more resources than we need.
