Rebecca Traister Quotes
There are a whole bunch of structural and systemic factors we need to address in order to move away from the model in which women really are still dependent on men.
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Now I've even gotten to running out to the fan buses that pass by our house, so I can talk to the people. I think I'm trying to gather fans, frankly. They're very, very nice people - they really understand. It's fun talking to them.
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I've set the bar quite high in terms of storytelling.
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The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.
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Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won't answer the door.
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The food that enters the mind must be watched as closely as the food that enters the body.
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If you're a Republican woman, you're mostly on your own when it comes to support from traditional women's groups.
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Comic-Con has become more of a pop cultural festival, and to not be included feels like you're missing the biggest celebration of the year.
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If something is successful with the audience, it's automatically suspect; the reverse is to say that not to reach audiences is the greatest compliment an artist can receive!
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I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.'
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God drove Cain out of his presence and sent him into exile far away from his native land, so that he passed from a life of human kindness to one which was more akin to the rude existence of a wild beast.
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On the mission I brought a flag from China, I brought the stone sculpture from Hong Kong, and I brought a scroll from Taiwan. And what I wanted to do is, because as I was going up and I am this Chinese-American, I wanted to represent Chinese people from the major population centers around the world where there are a lot of Chinese people. And so, I wanted to bring something from each of those places and so it really wasn't a political thing and I hope people saw it that way. I was born here, I was raised in the U.S., and I'm an American first, but also very proud of my heritage.
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Nothing can alter the character of God. In the course of a human life, tastes and outlook and temper may change radically: a kind, equable man may turn bitter and crotchety: a man of good-will may grow cynical and callous. But nothing of this sort happens to the Creator. He never becomes less truthful, or merciful, or just, or good, than He used to be.
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It is not important to be successful at what you undertake, but rather to undertake what you'd like to succeed at.
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Fortunately, I was given an incredible foundation from my independent mother. She showed me what was possible from a strong, loving woman.
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I have a little Nintendo DS, and I play these brain games that are supposed to stimulate your mind.
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If the crowd is too big, it's too much for me. I took my daughter down there, and all I did was spend all of my time worrying that she was going to get lost because you're caught between somebody with a sandwich in their hand and somebody in a costume. It's really crazy.
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My son took many years to learn the simple truth. You cannot love any one person adequately until you have made friends with the rest of the human race also. Adult love demands qualities which cannot be learned living in a vacuum of resentment.
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If a person perceives a situation as real, it is real in its consequences.
