Jessica Chastain Quotes

I'm working hard to break free of stereotypes that the film industry has created and nurtured around women.

Jessica Chastain

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Most of the bad things that have happened to me happened in Denver.

John Grant

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I basically get stereotyped a lot in terms of being a girl and writing 'chick' music for teenage girls or something. I think, if anything, the press kind of, because of my gender and my age, tends to kind of relegate my work to this sort of special-interest group. It's part of the cultural dynamic, I guess.

Ani DiFranco

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Sometimes our definitions fall short. Take, for example, the way we view income and labor. It simply doesn't cover enough of the work that women, and in particular poor women, are doing - especially in their own households and the vast 'informal' economy in which most of the world's poorest people work.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

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Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.

Shirley MacLaine

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I go into any movie that's historical fiction thinking, 'OK, I'm here to watch a work of art, something delivering a series of opinions, and if it's a good work of art, these opinions become so deeply embedded in complexity and richness that I won't even be bothered by the opinions. I'll make my own mind up.'

Tony Kushner

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I like connecting to places by foot, and I'm interested in experiencing how somewhere like Crieff connects to somewhere like London.

Rory Stewart

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I have such sister compassion for women in uniform in life, principally, because now I know how incredibly uncomfortable those uniforms are on top of all the other things they're dealing with that are far more important.

Janet Varney

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I'm one of those unlucky people who had a happy childhood.

Jonathan Coe

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Yoga's hard for me, but I know you can really feel the difference when you do it consistently. I'd rather be playing basketball.

Chris Noth

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I've always despised old people. I got angry at my father when he began to show signs of age.

William Steig

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I like to drive with my knees. Otherwise, how can I put on my lipstick and talk on the phone?

Sharon Stone

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Rather than play politics with funding our government, pitting one group against another, we should make strong investments in our future.

Seth Moulton

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