Vandana Shiva Quotes
We are either going to have a future where women lead the way to make peace with the Earth or we are not going to have a human future at all.
Quotes to Explore
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I get depressed at airports.
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I always carry lip balm and lipstick. Lipstick is a very important beauty product because I find that lips are the most beautiful feature of anyone's face.
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I would be very happy doing movies. I love to work and I think I'm a little different.
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The fact is, society is made more hospitable by every individual who acts as if 'do unto others' really was a rule.
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For any actor - not just talking about myself - but if you've been fortunate enough to work for a long period of time, there's going to be different choices you're going to make.
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People who matter are most aware that everyone else does too.
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A people cannot long retain their freedom, whose government is incapable of protecting them.
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I've been to parties in L.A. that are mind-blowing. I mean, quite literally mind-blowing. People get cellphones in the party bag, that sort of thing. Fabulous, fabulous parties.
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You are where you are today because you have chosen to be there.
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I live with my family on the top of a hill in the country, and during the days, my house is quiet, save for the occasional excitement of the FedEx truck heading up the driveway. I write.
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At present there is no distinction among the upper ten thousand of the city.
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It is typical of women to fester and ferment over disappointments, slights, annoyances, angers, etc.
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The children break all my jewelry, so everything I wear is cheap - from Topshop or Dorothy Perkins.
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I like school very much, and I'll go to college if my career slows down. But kids go to college to be where I am today. Not to put college down, but for me, it would be digressing.
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You always know when something works it's a result of everything firing on all cylinders.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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Still often interventionist, convinced of our importance in the world, even those of us born long after 1900 live in a country that is much more Victorian than we think.
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We are shallow because our media are so horribly shallow. Every morning, I peruse the papers, and there is so little to read in them. It is the same with radio - all that noise, that artifice.
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If you take the contempt some Americans have for yuppies and multiply it by 10 you might come close to understanding their attitude towards the City, as they call it - London, the people of the south.
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Music is a thing that changes people's lives. It has the capacity to make young people's lives better.
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As hard as it is, owning who you are and knowing what you want is the only sure path to affirmation... I want women to know they can get out of any situation if they return to their core source of strength: themselves.
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I thought I'd love to be a gardener because I grew up with a vegetable garden and I love being close to the Earth and growing things. At my home in L.A., I have a great garden and I grow all kinds of things. I even have a worm farm! The worms help create organic compost out of kitchen scraps.
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The greater the level of calmness of our mind, the greater our peace of mind, the greater our ability to enjoy a happy and joyful life.
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We are either going to have a future where women lead the way to make peace with the Earth or we are not going to have a human future at all.
