Rachel Simmons Quotes
As girls grow up and download what it means to be a culturally acceptable 'good girl,' they learn to please others at the expense of themselves. They worry about protecting relationships - and what people think of them - at all costs.
Quotes to Explore
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If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it.
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I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.
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There aren't traditions of freedom in a place like Iraq. They're going to have to come to grips with a concept that they hadn't been allowed to conceive before.
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I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times.
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What's interesting about Stephen Baldwin is that me and Dana Gould were originally cast for 'Bio-Dome' – but Pauly Shore and Baldwin ended up doing it. So there's a little movie trivia for ya.
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Since 1987, when I got my first one, I've been wearing a clock around my neck 24/7. You feel me? 24/7.
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I want to reveal in a simple way the usual - and unusual - life of the city; the corporation workman, the busmen, policemen, the civil servants, the theatres, Moore Street and also, what occupies so large a place in Dublin's life, the literary and artistic.
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I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.
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Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else.
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The Navy runs their process. The House of Representatives doesn't do anything about their process. We do not select. Navy officers select.
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When I was coming up as a kid, there were programs that kept me out of trouble and on the straight and narrow in South Central Los Angeles, and I always felt that when I got to a stage where I could provide similar opportunities to kids then I would do that.
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It's not unusual for a would-be entrepreneur to get turned down half a dozen times before finding a willing investor - yet in most companies, it takes only one 'nyet' to kill a project stone dead.
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Every season I try to top myself, and push it a little further.
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Whenever I read a script, I start recasting the role that I might play. I'm like, 'God, this should be played by Domhnall Gleeson, not me.'
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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The more I learned about Shoeless Joe, the more I felt he was maligned.
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The cruelest thing a man can do to a woman is to portray her as perfection.
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I cry at random things, like a flower, or someone giving me a present, or my sister giving me a nice hug.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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We believe that visa quotas should be lifted and people should visit anywhere they wish freely.
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I try to eat healthy. But sometimes, though, I eat cheeseburgers. That's good for the soul. I make sure to balance everything out. I drink tons of water.
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I'm proud to have played characters who've inspired people to live out loud, and I'm lucky to have reached an audience that's been incredibly enthusiastic and supportive.
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Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.
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As girls grow up and download what it means to be a culturally acceptable 'good girl,' they learn to please others at the expense of themselves. They worry about protecting relationships - and what people think of them - at all costs.
