Dame Cicily Isabel Fairfield DBE (Rebecca West) Quotes
The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.
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After marriage, most women keep aside their aspirations and dreams as their priorities change.
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Great men marry great women.
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As to women, the Islamic faith has given women rights that are equal to or more than the rights given them in the Old Testament and the Bible.
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A lot of times, women complain about men around them. It's not always someone else's fault. If you're the common denominator in 57 different relationships that didn't work out, then maybe, just maybe... it's you!
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I think as women, the smarter and more powerful we are, the more it can be threatening and alienating to other people, more than with men. That's something we need to support each other with.
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I have worked steadily since I started, but things are very hard for women and need to change.
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A lot of women seem to think the way to ingratiate themselves is to put down other women or backstab. That's the quickest way to be eliminated from my life - try that with me, and you're out.
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I love all women. Women are sublime beings. I love all of it: their eyes, their noses, their bodies.
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Like most women, I have days where I feel like today I'm not leaving the house - you know days where you've got a spot on your nose or when you've just got off a flight, eaten fish and chips and feel really bloated - that one happens a lot to me.
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They know they're going to look beautiful, and I don't think women should look like costumes. They shouldn't look like fashion victims.
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Liberals have invented whole college majors - psychology, sociology and women's studies - to prove that nothing is anybody's fault.
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There are thousands of good-looking women out there. Longevity for a heroine doesn't come only with good looks: talent matters.
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People get really scared when women reclaim words, talk about themselves honestly and also make jokes because it's a really unstoppable combination.
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There are lots of different ways for women to be a mom in this culture.
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There is more for women in terms of character roles now. Judi Dench and Maggie Smith have constantly changed over the years and challenged themselves with different roles. That's impressive.
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People on death row, the treatment of animals, women's right to choose. So much in America is based on religious fundamentalist Christianity. Grow up! This is the modern world!
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The liberal feminist movement never imagined that women would take seriously the encouragement to become our own heroes and claim life for ourselves, on our terms, no matter who we are. Pro-choice and pro-life, Christian and not, poor and rich, black, white, gay and straight. It is a dream we all hold dear, and it's called the Tea Party.
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Women who write thrillers are called 'dark.' Male writers are called 'powerful.'
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Cinema dominated the Fife coalfield towns. We lived in Lochgelly, but my mum was caught up in Hollywood. She was in love with the style and glamour. Sometimes she would come with me to the cinema in the afternoons, and she would say things like, 'I wouldn't mind a peck with Gregory.'
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People haven't seen me in a comedic setting, but that's who I really am.
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It was very much about performances, the whole ensemble thing was just great - everybody working together. Sometimes it didn't feel like a film set. It wasn't technically driven, it was very, very enjoyable.
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I'm actually forced to write about Michigan because as a native of that state it's the place I know best.
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Anything that can be perfect is very damaging for my psyche.
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The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.
