Oriana Fallaci Quotes
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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I'm against abortion. On the other hand, I believe in a woman's choice.
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I've always been a feminist, and what I love in my work is being able to explore a full-sided woman and not patronize her.
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Most Arab Israelis speak Hebrew, but not the other way around. It's about time that changed.
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A woman can never have enough shoes.
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A lot of people have the misconception that, as a Muslim woman, I am somehow against women wearing bikinis. No, I want women to feel comfortable and confident in whatever they wear.
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In Paris, I met a young American person who immediately became the primary inspiration which awakened my vision and the leading influence that had directed my forces. Throughout my career as an artist, I refer to this person by the word 'Woman.'
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What I observed about my fellow actors was that most gave up very easily.
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I don't walk into the lab in the morning thinking, 'I am a woman, and I will carry out an experiment that will conquer the world.' I am a scientist, not male or female. A scientist.
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Am I old-fashioned? I think I might be. I am a lucky woman, because I was born with a priceless gift... the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
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No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies.
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The one woman who never gives herself is your free woman, who is always giving herself.
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I can say with confidence there has never been a man or a woman - not me, not Bill, nobody - more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as president of the United States of America.
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After forty a woman has to choose between losing her figure or her face. My advice is to keep your face, and stay sitting down.
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I think I made essential a mistake in staying in movies, because I - but it's a mistake I can't regret, because it's like saying, 'I shouldn't have stayed married to that woman, but I did because I love her.'
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I suppose I flee to life. I'm most interested when conversations become difficult.
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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 think every Muslim woman has to feel the world out for herself.
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Trust not a woman when she weeps, for it is her nature to weep when she wants her will.
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I don't have an e-reader. One reason is that I like to dog-ear the page when I find a particularly good sentence or passage.
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At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.
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There's no day when I don't think it would be great to be 25 years old and have the Olympics coming in less than 300 days - and be the best in the world. I can't think of anything so motivating.
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The most humiliating thing a woman can be is a coquette.
