Laurie Anderson Quotes
You know, for every dollar a man makes a woman makes 63 cents. Now, fifty years ago that was 62 cents. So, with that kind of luck, it’ll be the year 3,888 before we make a buck.
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Some days, I'll tell you that everything in life was meant to be and that there is an order to the universe. Other days, I'm convinced it's all a combination of luck and opportunity.
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I think a woman should be wholesome, voluptuous and sizzling!
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I think that a woman wears so many hats, we have so many aspects to us that we're not just one thing. We represent so much within us and that kind of comes across for me as a designer through mixing prints and colors.
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I'm a strong woman.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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I'm against abortion. On the other hand, I believe in a woman's choice.
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A woman's body is her body and what she wears or does not wear is her choice. Get over it and move on.
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I'd hopefully work through all my issues with men first so then I'd be okay being with a woman.
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I love to cook. I love having friends over and family. I am definitely a feeder - I feed everybody. I am jumping around the kitchen like a crazy woman.
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I want to make shoes that a woman can walk in. That's kind of what they're made for.
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Priority is placed on the chastity of women. You can be corrupt, or a murderer and still hold your head up high on the street without problems, whereas if there are any suspicions of your chastity and moral behaviour as a woman, you get lynched.
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Do I feel that white directors have to tell only white stories? No. Do I feel that black filmmakers should only tell stories about black people? No. If we say that, then that means Asian people cannot write about anybody but Asians. I don't think a woman should only write about women.
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No woman has ever been an authentic genius of the stature of men, but that does not enrage me.
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No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies.
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What is really important for a woman, you know, even more than being beautiful or intelligent, is to be entertaining.
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After forty a woman has to choose between losing her figure or her face. My advice is to keep your face, and stay sitting down.
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I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after those eight months as a fireman.
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I love a woman who can out-eat me.
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Playing good girls in the 30s was difficult, when the fad was to play bad girls. Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore; I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress.
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The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to it except what it likes to hear.
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Do not the bright June roses blow To meet thy kiss at morning hours?
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It used to be you wanted to marry up.
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I just have this thing about injustice. Everybody hates the big injustices - I know. But I hate even the little injustices, even the way a salesclerk treats somebody who is shabbily dressed and happens to go into a nice store.
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You know, for every dollar a man makes a woman makes 63 cents. Now, fifty years ago that was 62 cents. So, with that kind of luck, it’ll be the year 3,888 before we make a buck.
