Elizabeth Wein Quotes
Things became more civilized all of a sudden. Coffee does that. Or maybe it is women who do that.
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The beauty of 'The Hunger Games' and also 'Game of Thrones,' in fairness, both projects have really complex, three-dimensional, contradictory, strong women... The writing of female characters is extraordinary and equal to the men.
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Kids are meeting in coffee shops and basements figuring out what's unsustainable in their communities. That's the future.
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I think one challenge is that having few women in your work environment makes you feel a little isolated and alone. I'm an extrovert; I like talking to people, and I make friends easily, but if your personality is somewhat different, I think you would struggle to connect with people.
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There are so many young women coming up through the ranks. Adele is an amazing singer. Beyonce has great stage presence. She's just a beautiful woman. I love how everyone has just taken charge of their lives and careers.
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Coffee is a language in itself.
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Unlike straight men, who have the luxury of being slobs because women usually expect them to be, gay men - whether preppies, fashion victims, or jocks - are thought to be more obsessed with how they look because they dress for themselves and, consequently, for each other.
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I wish I had seen some women directing before - that would have given me the idea of who I was.
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I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.
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Men who betray women also betray other men. Women shouldn't feel so special.
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I'm so damn boring. I like reading and writing and making coffee. And walking. Barry Jenkins likes long walks.
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So when you start touring, women are definitely going to check you out first.
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I want to tell women in developing countries that they are as powerful as their male counterparts, and they can play an equal role in their respective societies.
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I see women in their 30s getting plastic surgery, pulling this up and tucking that back. It's like a slippery slope - once you start you pull one thing one way and then you think, 'Oh my God, I've got to do the other side.'
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I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to leadership.
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Something like a quarter of the founders that have gone through Excelerate and Techstars are women. I'm incredibly proud of that.
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Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier.
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When you start falling for somebody and you can't stop thinking about when you're going to see them again, I love that. Women are beautiful. They deserve to be cherished and respected.
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Men are just as sensitive, and in some ways more sensitive, than women are.
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I smoke as much as I want and chew tobacco a good deal of the time. I don't pay any attention to the rules for keeping in physical condition. I think they are a lot of bunk. The less you worry about the effect of tea and coffee on the lining of your stomach, the longer you will live, and the happier you will be.
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If Christianity is wine and Islam coffee, Buddhism is most certainly tea.
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Obviously, if people love a movie, and it has the possibility of continuation, then there is going to be a question of whether it's worth doing another one. There's also cynicism and skepticism about sequels.
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In many ways, a degree in the history of ideas is the ideal training for an aspiring writer.
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If I could get Office on a tablet, I'd throw my laptop away.
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Things became more civilized all of a sudden. Coffee does that. Or maybe it is women who do that.
