Eileen Pollack Quotes
All the societal pressures that make girls feel as if they're too smart, especially in the sciences - 'No one will date them. They won't be popular.' - don't apply to boys. The boys are being encouraged.
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I've always felt it's ridiculous to say, of any of the females in my life: You're my friend, you're my wife, you're my girlfriend, you're my co-worker. This is your box, and you're not allowed to stray outside of it.
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To me, eyewear goes way beyond being a prescription. It's like makeup. It's the most incredible accessory. The shape of a frame or the color of lenses can change your whole appearance.
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The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses.
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Turkey, a powerful and reliable ally of the U.S. through the Cold War, appears to be coming unmoored from Europe and the West and is becoming increasingly sectarian, autocratic, and nationalistic.
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Buying a matching blouse and skirt from the same store is a crime. A clever mix of chic and cheap hits the jackpot. Know how to mix styles and labels.
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To be honest with you, I've been dying to do a nice indie feature - just something about a regular guy with a big quirk or a big emotional problem. Just something that's a straightforward, classic indie film. It sounds weird, but it's been easier for me to get cast in big tentpole films than the indie community. I'd love to do that.
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The most irresistible charm of youth is its bubbling enthusiasm. Youth sees no darkness ahead - no defile that has no outlet - it forgets that there is such a thing as failure in the world and believes that mankind has been waiting all these centuries for him to come and be the liberator of truth and energy and beauty.
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The way that people have gotten on board with me is the most encouraging thing in the world, but it's all very connected to the 14 years I've been on tour with Steel Train, even my band before that, Outline, and then fun. and now Bleachers.
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As an actor, I want to build a career as an actor. It's hard to even get a job sometimes, so as my career builds, I can be more picky than I used to be.
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Most men say they can cook pasta, but I think you should find a little bit of an unusual angle on your pasta and make that your signature dish.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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Now I can walk into a room full of people I don't know and do my job. That's quite a massive thing to learn, I think.
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The thing is that pictures are everywhere. The question is what we don't see, and why don't we see so much. I just see it.
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'The Big Sleep' would have been a more effective study of nightmarish existence had the detective been more complicated and had more curiosity been shown about his sweetheart's relation to the crime.
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You know, God has a plan for me, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps and just rejoice and be happy.
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I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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Losing is no fun no matter who you lose to.
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I want to be the Joan of Arc of fashion. I want to be the link between the runway and the real woman.
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Playwriting gets into your blood and you can't stop it. At least not until the producers or the public tell you to.
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I've got to take responsibility and be a representative, not only for the Steelers but myself, my family. I've got to be smart.
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I just need to be in a position where I can control the ball, make smart decisions, and do what I'm coached up to do.
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I like to keep certain stuff to myself just because I feel like technology is taking over people's lives.
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I just want to make the best music I can make.
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All the societal pressures that make girls feel as if they're too smart, especially in the sciences - 'No one will date them. They won't be popular.' - don't apply to boys. The boys are being encouraged.
