Arturo Pérez-Reverte Quotes
Centuries of make-up that can be smudged by emotion have taught women to control their feelings.
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If you can be a good example to other people, why not try to be that person? I have a bit of a people pleaser in me, but not so much so that it's out of control.
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I realize now that I've hoped to be great - as an actress, as a mother - because I want to embody the greatness of women who didn't get to be all they could have been. Their dignity, their courage, and their brilliance make me strive to be better. They're a part of me.
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On Earth, men and women are taking the same risks. Why shouldn't we be taking the same risks in space?
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A lot of people don't realize that hair is a big thing for a lot of people, not just African-American women. It's something to be aware of and to be cautious of.
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When I got to be a CEO, I said: 'Right. I'm now going to tackle gender inequality head-on. I'm going to make a difference and lead by example and actively put in place policies and practices to support women.'
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You'd be surprised how self-conscious a lot of women are. That's something I've witnessed firsthand.
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Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.
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With female-oriented movies, unless it's something like 'Bridesmaids' or a romantic comedy, you've got to really worry about your opening weekend. And I'm always telling stories about women, not younger women, and it's just a much tougher audience to get to the movie theater.
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We need to encourage young women to find what they love to do. That is a very valuable pursuit - more so than the pursuit of a boyfriend. When you have that core, you bring that core to every aspect of your life.
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The '80s was all about this idea that women could have it all. You could have a career, and you could have a husband, and you could have children.
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The latest research has revealed that women have a higher IQ than men.
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The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy.
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I can't live in a world where there are only, like, four kinds of women. Or where every woman is obsessed with cake. The very least I ask is that we have one female character in the world who likes savory things! I don't have any role models who like cheese!
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I think you write the film that you want to see, and you try and do it honestly, and you can't control people's responses, really.
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I can't control what's going to happen in the future. I can't control what's going to happen in five hours. So I'm not really worried about it. I'm just focused on doing what I can at this moment.
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'The Big Sleep' is an unsentimental, surrealist excitement in which most of the men in Hollywood's underworld are murdered and most of the women go for an honest but not unwilling private sleuth (Humphrey Bogart).
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In school, I was playing old men and women, babies, Russian people, and all sorts of weird parts - a lot of comedy - and that's sort of like home to me.
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All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order.
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Southern women often marry a man knowing that he is the father of many little slaves. They do not trouble themselves about it.
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Even more than the Pill, what has liberated women is that they no longer need to depend on men economically.
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Some people thrive on creating chaos and then operating through it, though usually that's presented as a female trait.
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The Fed should make a clear commitment to stable money to reduce the swings in interest rates and inflation. Instead, it champions and flaunts unstable money. This encourages momentum trading and the growth of derivatives. Meanwhile, layers of financial regulation make Washington bigger and more powerful but don't fix the underlying problems.
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Centuries of make-up that can be smudged by emotion have taught women to control their feelings.
