Liya Kebede Quotes
A small gold plain cross was passed down from my grandma to my mom, then to me, and now to my daughter. It is always nice to own something that connects you to the women who made it possible for you to exist.
Quotes to Explore
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Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up.
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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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If you can make a character likable that's not very nice, that's the challenge of the job.
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All my life, I've been working with male directors, which I've really enjoyed. And I'm lucky in that I've worked with men who have a lot of respect for women. But working with a woman is a different experience. It feels like the communication is different.
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When you're a woman, you have to work harder to get a laugh... I follow so many hilarious women on Twitter. It's a daily reminder that women get to be funny.
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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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Sometimes women who are taller aren't comfortable with it, but I love being tall.
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What Alexander Graham Bell thought up occupied less space than a flower vase. Now it's so small that I have to search all my pockets to discover I've received a spam text.
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And I don't believe that women can successfully have it all. I really don't.
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Every little girl looks up to her mom so much - that's your first hero.
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A lot of people don't realize that hair is a big thing for a lot of people, not just African-American women. It's something to be aware of and to be cautious of.
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What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane?
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I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
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Men are what their mothers made them.
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When I was in first grade, some psychologist told my mom if I didn't go to graduate school, she basically failed as a parent, because I had the aptitude to do it. Which is so dumb. Huge pressure!
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In Europe you can be Sophia, you can be these older women who are considered very sexy.
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'Once Upon a Time', 'Mirror Mirror' - those shows and films focus on women and their conflict with one another. What the heck is going on in contemporary fairy tales? Women are not dominating the world; they are not evil.
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I had three attorneys dedicated solely to find the statistic of the number of missing Native American women on reservations. Any reservation, not just 'Wind River.' They don't exist. The federal government, which is responsible for the reservations, don't keep those stats.
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The best part of being on your own is not really having to answer to anybody. Not that when you're in a relationship you should really have to answer to somebody then, either. Just the freedom of not checking in with someone all the time is nice.
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I learned how to sing in front of a lot of people and to hone my skills alongside some of the greatest performers of all time.
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One wit, like a knuckle of ham in soup, gives a zest and flavour to the dish, but more than one serves only to spoil the pottage.
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I live for Sundays. I live for Mondays. I live for Thursdays.
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'Naked' propelled me into a whole other league. America started calling. I went over to Los Angeles and met all those people, and I started doing a few American films of various levels of quality.
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A small gold plain cross was passed down from my grandma to my mom, then to me, and now to my daughter. It is always nice to own something that connects you to the women who made it possible for you to exist.
