Valentina Tereshkova Quotes
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I feel happy that I am being honoured for doing films of my own liking.
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I am not an autobiographical writer.
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I don't know why my shoes are so popular - I am always surprised and mystified by it.
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I am a friend when I need to be a friend, a father when I need to be a father, a musician when music calls. I switch roles accordingly.
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I've never been married and I've no more desire to be married now than I ever have. I hate bureaucracy and I am not religious.
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Conrad Ludlow was an extraordinary partner... We just called him the greatest partner because he just knew what a woman's balance was.
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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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Being Latina for me is also being a strong woman.
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Benazir Bhutto was an inspirational leader and an inspirational woman.
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I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything.
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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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The one thing that I appear to have been given, bearing in mind that I am capable of being very, very scatty and extremely lazy, is the ability to concentrate on something I choose to give my time to.
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South Central is just who I am.
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There is a tension in relationships between wanting to return to the womb, but also wanting to be free. Because sometimes the woman's attentions can be overly maternal, and you want to go, 'Ahhhh!'
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So I am, in fact, very optimistic about the future of my federal party.
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In comics, we're all weird together. I can go to a comics convention and not stand out, even though I'm the only woman in a headscarf there, because the guy next to me has a beard and a Sailor Moon costume.
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I am so proud to have the endorsement of a distinguished leader like Glenn Poshard.
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My films are about ideals that clash with the world. Every time it's a man in the lead, they have forgotten about the ideals. And every time it's a woman in the lead, they take the ideals all the way.
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PepsiCo did not have a woman in the senior ranks, nor a foreign-born person who was willing to think differently.
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Affirmative action makes employers think, 'Black woman nuclear physicist? Hah! Probably let her into Harvard 'cause they were looking for a twofer. Bet she got C's in high school practical math. Give her a job in personnel.'
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People criticize a woman for everything - like, I get criticized for how my hair looks when I go grocery shopping or the fact that I don’t wear makeup when I get my nails done.
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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I think I'm a story-based artiste. So I would opt for the performance-oriented role. I usually go by intuition while choosing a script. Also, I do not analyse my performance, nor do I bother about how my film has been performing at the box office. I personally love challenges and am game for taking up things which I haven't attempted before.
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I am very resourceful, as any woman would be.
