Christine de Pizan Quotes
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If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme.
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I've been to parties in L.A. that are mind-blowing. I mean, quite literally mind-blowing. People get cellphones in the party bag, that sort of thing. Fabulous, fabulous parties.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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I think young generation is always better than last generation. No matter you like it or don't like it. My father said, 'Jack, I'm so good, you'll never be' - but I'm better than him. My father is better than my grandfather. My children will be better than us.
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It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate.
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I'm a much better mother at 46... than if I were like, 21 or 25.
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Germany is determined to provide substantial help. So are the Netherlands and other states. But a day will come when we have to count on our own resources.
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What happens if you're the guy who's been on the show ten years and is highly paid but they have nothing for you to do is that they bring in other people, and you become a supporting character to those people.
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People said when I started, 'Why don't you just copy your father's style?' I had to be myself, singing my songs in my own way.
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If someone says you're a reporter and doesn't want you to anchor then you wonder why you worked so hard at it.
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I'd like to actually work with a lot of other people, and whether it's someone who is completely unknown who I love and think is a talent, maybe I'll work with them, or, like, maybe I'll work with some of the biggest pop stars and write music for them.
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I want people to realize that they can dream big.
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I love people and people watching. I love music. I am intrigued by musicians more than I am actors. I have a bigger respect for them.
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The motto of feminists: 'There is never an excuse for hitting a woman.' Shouldn’t it be, 'There is never an excuse for hitting.'?
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This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
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Man has to awaken to wonder - and so perhaps do peoples. Science is a way of sending him to sleep again.
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There are a lot of good actresses out there.
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I just love to read, learn, and think through complex things.
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I'd visually have that idea. I'm diving off the end of the diving board. I'm not going to be worried about if I'm going to dive into a jellyfish or the water's going to be too cold or the boys are going to beat me. I'm just doing it. And if I do it, it's a good chance I'll make it.
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I think finales are always so hit or miss because they're so personal. When you do a finale, it's always up to the person watching it.
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A true diva is graceful, and talented, and strong, and fearless and brave and someone with humility.
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You can never have enough reinforcements, resources for black women to thrive in the world. The topic has been addressed a million times before, but it will never end because what we're up against keeps morphing, and we have to figure out how to beat it.
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Just as women's bodies are softer than men's, so their understanding is sharper.
