Dame Cicily Isabel Fairfield DBE (Rebecca West) Quotes
I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.
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For a long time, I thought I was going to play basketball. There's not many 6-4 white guys playing the three spot in the NBA, so I realized I probably didn't have much of a future in basketball and that football was probably going to be my best bet.
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Television is a real woman's medium... but what's disturbing is, still even in television, women have so little to do with what's going on behind the scenes.
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For a long time, I've been interested in cultural memory and historical erasure.
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A lot of people said I was a rebel. I wasn't.
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I've really enjoyed starting Quora from the beginning. It's really nice to have a new start to things.
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When you write, you don't have the social constraints of having people in front of you, so you talk about abstract matters.
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I have a vast curiosity about our universe, our origins, and its probable future.
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It's such a weird self-confidence that an artist has - to conceive of this thing that serves no function and say, 'I'm going to really work hard for it and give it and it's just going to matter to people.' You really have to believe it all on your own.
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I'd never stop traveling, and I love bringing my family along with me. My children have points of reference everywhere, friends from Milan to Los Angeles. I think it's really fun for them.
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Meditation helps me to calm down.
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I like what it is to sing, or to be with the others singing, to make music, but the fuss and all the things that are the exterior part of a career, has never interested me.
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Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.
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If you realize you aren't so wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you're wiser today.
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Countries have lost their culture because what they wanted was money. Money became the running theme in every country and culture was sacrificed.
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Personally I feel, for me, it's tough to do Botox - but it's also tough not to! Sometimes, I think I need the help. Whatever anyone else chooses is fine with me - no judgment.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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I find it slightly absurd that the only thing we consume more of than water is concrete.
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Bolivar's legacy has always been a part of the Venezuelan/Latin American imagery, especially in the countries that he liberated or he helped to liberate. He's been a very prominent figure.
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Men's competitive team sports focus on the balance between individual achievement and team achievement with the emphasis on team achievement.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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I've done the Rolling Stones eating each other.
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Toleration is the best religion.
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I think my own personal style always ends up seeping into characters that I play. I've always had a very distinct idea of fashion for myself, and what a character should wear.
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I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.
