Wednesday Martin (Wendy Martin) Quotes
I think the most relative thing is that women in a way that I think people haven't given us credit for, want to return to this idea about equality in marriages and financial autonomy. And if the richest women don't have financial autonomy, what does it mean for the rest of us? That's all.
Quotes to Explore
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Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.
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Starting in business is like getting married... there is really no good time and no bad time. The time is now.
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I am a just man.
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After 'A Suitable Boy,' I didn't write anything, not even a short story. I thought to myself: 'I ought to start writing.' But I can never force myself to write.
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The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
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I think 'Dark Blue' came to me while I was doing a project in London. I read it, and the character immediately popped out at me.
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Self-exploration is very painful, but unless you do that, you will never know who you are and who you want to be.
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It's the federal government's job to secure the border.
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Your problem is you're... too busy holding onto your unworthiness.
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The past speaks to us in a thousand voices, warning and comforting, animating and stirring to action.
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They're great girls. They're very funny, they're very smart, they're fun to be with. They're very lively, as I think people can tell. And you know, they're very confident girls.
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Even in a bad market, location, location, location is a way to still buy and sell property.
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When you work with a great director, you realise you are far from being a director.
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Benito Mussolini created the word 'fascism.' He defined it as 'the merging of the state and the corporation.' He also said a more accurate word would be 'corporatism.' This was the definition in Webster's up until 1987 when a corporation bought Webster's and changed it to exclude any mention of corporations.
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I'm not recognised much at all.
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Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrong-doing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.
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Two lovers move in the crowd like a link of music,We press upon them, we hold them, and let them pass;A chord of music strikes us and straight we tremble;We tremble like wind-blown grass.
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I love coffee, but I have to make sure I don't have more than one cup a day because I'm already a little hyper.
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All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.
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My father was ruined by hard drink - he sat on an icicle.
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History has shown that the less people read, the more books they buy.
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When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.
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I think the most relative thing is that women in a way that I think people haven't given us credit for, want to return to this idea about equality in marriages and financial autonomy. And if the richest women don't have financial autonomy, what does it mean for the rest of us? That's all.
