Ellen Wittlinger Quotes

I guess I'd just been thinking about it for so long that I forgot changing your gender was not even a question for most people. They just took for granted being a boy or a girl. I couldn't imagine what it would be like to be so sure of yourself.

Ellen Wittlinger

• Thinking
• Girl
• Changing
• Gender

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• We all have fears, especially when we're younger. I was afraid of clowns.

  

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• To begin with, we put the proposition: pure phenomenology is the science of pure consciousness.

  

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• It's what I've trained for, from the first sketch to the fabric. Making dresses that are different from the usual style, and a lot of fun to wear.

  

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• When they have their hands on their knees, that's when they're tired.

  

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• We must be very careful when we say that somebody giving you compliments about your looks should be offensive. I think women really should look at why they're being offended by that.

  

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• There is a general notion that playing a bubbly girl is undemanding and less challenging. But that's not the case. You need oodles of energy to bring out the spirit of a lively character. Besides, no two bubbly girls are the same. Every character I have played is different from the other. I love being chosen for such lively roles.

  

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• I guess I'd just been thinking about it for so long that I forgot changing your gender was not even a question for most people. They just took for granted being a boy or a girl. I couldn't imagine what it would be like to be so sure of yourself.

  

  Ellen Wittlinger
  • Thinking
  • Girl
  • Changing