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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A loving mother–son relationship is always a plot or outwitting of some kind. 'Don't tell anyone, but...' my mother was always saying to me – when I wasn't saying it to her.
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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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If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.
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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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Guys understand a waistline. They understand a silhouette.
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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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A woman living with her mother has limited freedom; a man living with his mother has limited freedom and limited respect. For most men, the vacuum (of no support system) is so devastating, they’d rather agree with their wife than express their feelings and risk emotional withdrawal.
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We need to articulate luxury differently. We live in the world of the 'like' culture. As a society, we're consuming so much imagery, it's like gorging on sugar, and the only way to find depth in a 'like' culture is by presenting the unknown.
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This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.
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When I started work with LucasArts Computer Division back in 1984, I went to the Palace of Fine Arts and saw the Festival of Animation for the first time. I loved the diverse collection of animated films the festival held.
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Having more candidates come with a creative and artistic sensibility would actually bring more people out to vote.
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If you want to understand any woman, you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully.
