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		Most of those who came were women, and I was now much criticized, now much praised by opposing groups. At first I was frightened, but Mariarosa interceded with authority and I discovered in myself an unsuspected capacity to summarize disagreement and agreement, choosing in the meantime a role as mediator. I was good at saying in a convincing way: That isn’t exactly what I meant.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Elena Ferrante 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		After marriage, most women keep aside their aspirations and dreams as their priorities change. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Manju Warrier 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Yiddish, originally, in Eastern Europe was considered the language of children, of the illiterate, of women. And 500 years later, by the 19th century, by the 18th century, writers realized that, in order to communicate with the masses, they could no longer write in Hebrew. They needed to write in Yiddish, the language of the population. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ilan Stavans 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The Israeli government has already established a fund to encourage young Arab women, specifically from the Bedouin community, to study engineering. We are funding their university studies and providing them with mentors who assist them with their studies and the job placement process. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Naftali Bennett 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I like women with style to wear my shoes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Manolo Blahnik 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I decided that Europeans and Americans are like men and women: they understand each other worse, and it matters less, than either of them suppose. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Randall Jarrell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There are really very few roles for women in films in which you can also make a living. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		Women have been kicking ass for centuries. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yancy Butler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Women make us poets, children make us philosophers. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Malcolm de Chazal 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I want to do a little bit of everything. I love sci-fi. I think it's more the characters that draw me towards things. I like strong women. I'm very interested in futuristic stuff, anything. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sabrina Lloyd 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		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. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Callie Khouri 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Just because you're from a city ten miles outside of St. Paul. It doesn't mean you don't read magazines, or the incredible Internet, and what's going on in the world. I never, ever take a client, or women, for granted. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vera Wang 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There's a side of me that dislikes feminism. I think we surrendered something and women were unable to reveal any kind of vulnerability. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Hunter 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Man has traditionally ruled the social sphere; feminism tells him to move over and share his power. But woman rules the sexual and emotional sphere, and there she has no rival. Victim ideology, a caricature of social history, blocks women from recognition of their dominance in the deepest, most important realm. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Camille Paglia 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There were a lot of gifted amateurs in my day. Most of the kids now play fantastically well. I think there are so many bands around now who might get there, but it's a tougher journey. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		Consciousness is unquantifiable, a ghost in the machine, barely considered real at all, though in a sense this flickering mosaic of awareness is the only true reality that we can ever know. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Alan Moore 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Voters are looking for credibility and are wary of polish. At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter which candidate can more deftly read a teleprompter. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mark McKinnon 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		My best stuff as a teacher was always to find the problems within each individual actor, and I'll suggest things that I know that particular actor will have difficulty with. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Martin Landau 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Most of those who came were women, and I was now much criticized, now much praised by opposing groups. At first I was frightened, but Mariarosa interceded with authority and I discovered in myself an unsuspected capacity to summarize disagreement and agreement, choosing in the meantime a role as mediator. I was good at saying in a convincing way: That isn’t exactly what I meant. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Elena Ferrante