Bridget Christie Quotes
Feminism is the belief that women should have equal social, economic and political rights. We don’t have these yet, and so that is the point of feminism.
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I breathe martial arts every day of my life.
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The Islamist ideology took decades to incubate within our communities, and it will take decades to debunk.
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I don't meet many people who are talking about shows on Showtime.
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I live with my family on the top of a hill in the country, and during the days, my house is quiet, save for the occasional excitement of the FedEx truck heading up the driveway. I write.
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In 2003, as a 21-year-old convert to Islam, I moved from Colorado to Cairo to see what life was like in a Muslim country.
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Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.
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Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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My motivation and aspiration is the same, being number one or being number five. So that's the truth. And my goal is the same - it's to always be happy playing, it's to enjoy the game and improve always.
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Success is so bad for everybody, period. Especially a certain kind of success, when people practically give up their identity. They forget who they are, how they are.
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I admit the last couple of years shows were not up to par.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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It's very flattering when you look into the crowd and people have made an effort and dressed in your style.
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I think when you're doing good work, you don't necessarily need to be validated.
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My family was in two businesses - they were in the textile business, and they were in the candy business. The conversations around the dinner table were all about the factory floor and how many machines were running and what was happening in the business. I grew up very engaged in manufacturing and as part of a family business.
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Some people think that movements, such as the movements in ballet, are a higher cultural expression, whereas some are just dirt. I think it is elitist to think that a trained movement is more acceptable than untrained and possibly unrehearsed movements.
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I am attracted to intelligence, a witty sense of humor, an adventurous outlook on life and spiritual awareness about one's self and the world.
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I am the sort of athlete who participates in a lot of winter sports - basketball, for example, is an activity that I'll spend many hours a week watching.
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I started realising that the themes running through all of my novels were really haunting and obsessing me about my own life.
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The riskiest thing I have done in my fifties is to do a Polish accent for a new film. I had a great time working on it and two wonderful people to guide me. A dialect coach that I have known for thirty years and a Polish actor.
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I will work flat out from now on to earn your trust and to dispel some of the myths that have been created about me.
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I never ever, ever say anything against my husband to anyone except my husband. Everyone gets in fights, and I think the natural propensity for women is, 'Oh I want to talk to someone.' But the minute you take what bothers you outside the bond between you and your husband, you let someone else into the relationship and that causes a wedge.
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One game that drives me crazy, is when a guy gives the girl they really like more attention, and then they feel like maybe they pressed too hard, so they back way off and start giving other women attention. I've never pulled this myself.
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Feminism is the belief that women should have equal social, economic and political rights. We don’t have these yet, and so that is the point of feminism.
