Wendy E. Long (Wendy Elizabeth Long) Quotes
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I call myself a feminist, not a feminist filmmaker. If somebody asked me if I had a feminist sensibility it would be pretty hard to deny, but is it the theme of my work? Not necessarily. I'm interested in a lot of things.
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When I come home from a shoot, I'd rather reheat food I've made than eat takeout.
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I would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than Emperor of an enslaved one.
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I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.
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The attractive lady whom I had only recently been introduced to dropped into my lap... I chose not to dump her off.
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I just put on what the lady says. I've been married three times, so I've had lots of supervision.
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I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.
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I've always been a feminist, and what I love in my work is being able to explore a full-sided woman and not patronize her.
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Women can really be who they are. I'm about to say the F word, feminist. Often that word has such a negative connotation.
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I see the first lady as another means to keep a president from becoming isolated.
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I'd rather be doing something than not doing something.
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I think feminism is that you just have to stick it all out. I remember this one time when someone interviewed me, and I was young, and they said, 'Do you see yourself as a feminist?' And I was like, 'I don't know. I'm not really comfortable calling myself a feminist.'
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Rather than a big figure, I guess you could say I'm more of an influential minority symbol.
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On the whole, I'd rather be in Philidelphia.
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'Feminism' is such an incredibly awkward word for us these days, isn't it? Not to be feminist would be bizarre, wouldn't it?
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I think we all remember Emma Peel from 'The Avengers,' the feminist icon that she was in the late '60s.
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I'd much rather wear out than rust out.
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San Francisco can no longer afford to be a city divided between downtown and neighborhoods, with a downtown that becomes a ghost town when workers go home for the evening.
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If Lady Gaga is like an orange Bugatti Veyron, then I am like a black 1970 Chevelle.
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Shows like 'Sex and the City' got women involved again in a political way. They were drawn into the personal stories of the four women who together make up one complete cosmopolitan woman. We want to have community, and the show filled that void in our lives: friendship between women.
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I have the ability, occasionally, of being able to step out and see who you think I could end up being. And I like to play with that.
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This is what I wanted. They tell me that London is the best field in history. I wanted to be part of that. Because everyone will be there it will be a wonderful challenge for me. You can see the best runners, how they look, how they run. For me to beat the best is what counts.
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I wouldn't know how to handle serenity if somebody handed it to me on a plate.
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I'd rather be a lady of the evening than a feminist.
