Anita Diamant Quotes
If you want to understand any woman, you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully.
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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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My mother was extremely controlled, sort of flawless. And I always tend to be a bit more hippie.
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I decided that Europeans and Americans are like men and women: they understand each other worse, and it matters less, than either of them suppose.
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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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I think, 'Scott Pilgrim,' it was something where the general audience didn't necessarily understand straight away what it was.
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Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.
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I always say, one way to connect with a working mother is to ask her what she has done before work that day!
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She was obsessed with French and Swedish cinema. I also remember our mother showing us 'Gone With the Wind' very early on. She absolutely loved Vivien Leigh, so it must have been a formative experience for me, thinking, 'Oh, maybe one day I'll be like Vivien Leigh.'
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My father and my mother separated when I was two.
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I know my father and my mother, but beyond that I cannot go. My ancestry is blurred.
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My father has been the real anchor of the family. He's the one who has always encouraged my mother, my brother and me.
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I think once you're a mother to one, you're a mother to them all.
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I am sure that as a woman I can do a very good skyscraper.
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Yes, I always played the bad woman. I actually did.
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I enjoy being on CNBC's 'Fast Money,' in part so that audiences can watch a woman who is as well informed about, and invested in, the market as her male counterparts.
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My mother isolated herself from all family and friends for some 20 years. And never met her grandchild, my son.
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Cornering is like bringing a woman to climax.
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I decided to quit 'Survivor: All-Stars' in order to be closer to my mother, who ended up passing away from breast cancer seven days after I returned home.
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I write an actual script rather quickly - a draft will take me two weeks - but I write a lot of drafts. My big thing is I don't re-read. When I write, I never re-read back. I'll send it, because if I re-read back, it will cripple me.
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My uncle is so funny - Don Vito. He was always fat with the craziest voice. Dude, he barely speaks English; it's just full-blown jibber-jabber. It's so funny to watch on TV because you really need subtitles because you can't understand him.
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We sing in a church, why can we not dance there?
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Growing up in a small town gives you two things: a sense of place and a feeling of self-consciousness - self-consciousness about one's education and exposure, both of which tend to be limited. On the other hand, limited possibilities also mean creating your own options.
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If you want to understand any woman, you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully.
