Warren Farrell Quotes
Irony: While we increasingly hold people more responsible if they drink and drive, we hold women less responsible if they drink and have sex.
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If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
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Of course, I want to look the best I can, but I am playing characters that should match my age, and the women and the material that I am interested in are usually going through something. I have to be able to live in my face and tell the story of the character I've taken on.
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My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job.
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I like to give my inhibitions a bath now and then.
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I think, for the majority of my twenties, I was always so concerned with what I didn't have, or what I still wanted.
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We are in favor of greater free markets.
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Youth doesn't need friends - it only needs crowds.
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One hazard of our job on TV is people are always checking us out and noting every pound we've gained or haven't quite lost.
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Entrepreneurship is seen as if you're in Silicon Valley or New York City and starting an app business or a social-media business, which is cool. But what we really have to focus on is people who make things, and how can we fund them, and how can we encourage people to stay in their community and make a difference in their community.
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When I was a teenager, reading for me was as normal, as unremarkable as eating or breathing. Reading gave flight to my imagination and strengthened my understanding of the world, the society I lived in, and myself. More importantly, reading was fun, a way to live more than one life as I immersed myself in each good book I read.
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Every season I try to top myself, and push it a little further.
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When we're back home, I feel pretty domesticated.
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We grew up listening to music like that: we grew up on the snap music, grew up off the trap music, grew up on all the South sound.
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All our wives are experimental psychologists.
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The more I've gotten interested in writing about history and making sense of myself within the continuum of history, the more I've turned to paintings, to art. I look to the imagery of art to help me understand something about my own place in the world.
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You realize when you're pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care.
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I'm used to being part of 'Game of Thrones' and going into something where you're a small part of something else. You don't want to hold anything up because they've got such a well-oiled machine going.
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I love the word 'dearth,' by the way. It's one of my favorite words.
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I just think we shouldn't get into counting coaches' records. I've never been for that... but I know that's just American society.
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True entrepreneurs have to really forego almost everything; they have to put it all on the line.
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What's now shocking is I can't say anything publicly without it having a life. Not because I have extraordinary views but because people are keen on conflict, so they'll make that the story.
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Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while or the light won't come in. If you challenge your own, you won't be so quick to accept the unchallenged assumptions of others. You'll be a lot less likely to be caught up in bias or prejudice or be influenced by people who ask you to hand over your brains, your soul or your money because they have everything all figured out for you.
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I have always believed that life is too short for rows and disagreements. Even if I think I'm right, I would prefer to apologize and remain friends rather than win and be an enemy.
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Irony: While we increasingly hold people more responsible if they drink and drive, we hold women less responsible if they drink and have sex.
