A. S. Byatt Quotes
It's because I'm a feminist that I can't stand women limiting other women's imaginations. It really makes me angry.
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Dangerous people with guns are a threat to women.
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The thing about women playing boys is that we're not going to age, and we're not going to go through puberty in the middle of a long-running series.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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You have to really love women in order to really just have a respect for women and love them. No man - I don't care what kind of man it is, how feminine he is - they never could understand what we go through as far as physically and mentally.
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Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
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The most memorable engagement for me, I suppose, was an away-day to Leicester. I went without William, so I was rather apprehensive about that.
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To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious.
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I never seek controversy or foresee it for my pictures. I take a personal stand, and perhaps because my films are on contemporary subjects, people do not share my point of view.
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One cannot understand what's happening to women in the Middle East if they don't realize that the mothers are a strong, progressive force. The mothers push the daughters to get out of the harem, to get the education, to achieve what they could not even dream of.
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I have worked steadily since I started, but things are very hard for women and need to change.
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I told my parents that I will marry any girl they choose for me. They also told me that they are open to considering any girl I choose. We were very open about it throughout.
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I've always supported myself. I like the sense of knowing exactly where I stand financially, but there is a side of me that longs for a knight in shining armor.
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For me a day without training is like a day without eating.
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I hate to sound this way but, 'Why me? Why me with dementia?'
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The anger and the creativity are so closely intertwined with me, and there's plenty of anger left.
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When we stand up for America, we stand up for what America stands for, which is a safety net for our seniors and really helping our families be able to help themselves.
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We tend to think of extremes of emotions as registering, for example, you have to cry or laugh or get angry. But for the most part, we find it difficult to read each other most of the time. If you walk through the street, most people are pretty difficult to read. But they're thinking inside.
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I think I have a big fear of things spiraling out of control. Out of control and dangerous and reckless and thoughtless scares me, because people get hurt.
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Victoria's Secret is really about celebrating women and what they stand for: the strength.
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'Men don't cry!' 'Women can't handle money!' What limiting ideas to live with.
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The hundreds of thousands of men and women at Toyota operations worldwide - including the 172,000 team members and dealers in North America - are among the best in the auto industry.
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Some might say that sunshine follows thunder. Go and tell it to the man who cannot shine. Some might say that we should never ponder. On our thoughts today cos they will sway over time. Some might say they don't believe in heaven. Go and tell it to the man who lives in hellSome might say you get what you've been givenIf you don't get yours I won't get mine as well.
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I think it's better to burn out than to fade away... it's better to live out your days being very, very active - even if it destroys you - than to quietly... disappear.
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It's because I'm a feminist that I can't stand women limiting other women's imaginations. It really makes me angry.
