Christine Delphy Quotes
If women were the equals of men, men would no longer equal themselves. Why then should women resemble what men would have ceased to be?
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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Of course we've been fighting against stereotypes from Day One at East West. That's the reason we formed: to combat that, and to show we are capable of more than just fulfilling the stereotypes - waiter, laundryman, gardener, martial artist, villain.
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Puberty extends into your twenties, for sure, and some people don't get over that until much later in life. I feel like I'm just starting to get over puberty - basically twenty years of insufferable, totally self-obsessed hell.
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Vegetarians in general don't like me.
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Tossing doughnuts, fritters or fried dumplings in fennel sugar adds grown-up complexity without diminishing the indulgence factor.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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I love New York. I'm working on Broadway, and it's a great way for me to get my feet wet in acting and a great way to season yourself as a performer.
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People come up to me in bars and on street corners and they say to me, 'Hey, Paulsen, have you got any change?'
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I really have a great deal of humility in that department, and a great deal of respect for people who spend their lives learning how to make these amazing preparations.
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I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist. And my reality is that we live in a multifaceted, multicultural world. And maybe once we stop labeling ourselves, then maybe everyone else will.
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I love driving around east London - it's always full of surprises. Actually, I don't drive myself - I like to be driven.
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Shakespeare pulls on us and demands the best of us. You never successfully wrestle one of his plays to the ground and say, 'See? That's It!'
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Everybody is somebody, so you don't have to introduce anybody.
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When I was pregnant, I was like, 'I'm pregnant, so I'm allowed to eat everything: bagels with cream cheese for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and I can have pizza for dessert.'
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I am a woman. I go on set, and I'll be who I am, and I'll represent who I am. I think it comes with age.
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Until the seventeenth century there was no concept of evidence with which to pose the problem of induction!
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It was intended as an earthly reflection of paradise not just for Mumtaz Mahal, but also for the visitors who would visit it over the years. In fact the larger Taj complex with its forecourt of the Jilaukhana complex and the surrounding bazar and caravanserai zone were meant to accommodate travelers.
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It has always been the task of formal education to set up behavior which would prove useful or enjoyable later in a student's life.
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One doesn’t have to operate with great malice to do great harm. The absence of empathy and understanding are sufficient. In fact, a man convinced of his virtue even in the midst of his vice is the worst kind of man.
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We are going to do 'Hot Tub' until we die. Every Monday. Then we'll come back and do it as zombies. 'Hot Tub' is very important. What we do is based on our live skills. It's stand-up and sketch and improv; everything we do in 'Hot Tub' is important to our jobs. And every Monday I'm excited to do it.
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Having designed and built several clocks during my career it suddenly occurred to me that when you look at the face of a clock both hands have the same center.
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Be true to the thought of the moment and avoid distraction. Other than continuing to exert yourself, enter into nothing else, but go to the extent of living single thought by single thought.
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If women were the equals of men, men would no longer equal themselves. Why then should women resemble what men would have ceased to be?
