Martha Beck Quotes

I'm not saying we have power over everything in our lives - if that were true, my hair would look so, so different - but I am saying that there's no circumstance in which we are completely powerless.

Martha Beck

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 29, 1962

Topics

PowerI AmHairSayingLookTrue

It's been a funny life for me. Sometimes I feel I haven't done a lot of living.

Joanna Cassidy

LifeFunnyMeFeelSometimesLiving

'West Side Story' is one of the greatest theatrical experiences I've had.

John Tiffany

StoryExperiencesSideWestGreatest

I was Everett LeRoi Jones. My grandfather's name was Everett.

Amiri Baraka

NameGrandfather

Certainly, I am writing as a 21st-century woman, so I am much more inclined to view her as a three-dimensional woman. I think we keep coming up with this stubborn problem of a woman being judged by her appearance rather than her accomplishments. We are much more inclined to ask: was Cleopatra beautiful?

Stacy Schiff

BeautifulWomanI AmWritingThink

When I was younger, I went through the windshield of a car ,and my hair didn't grow back right. I had been wearing scarves occasionally, and I decided that I didn't want to deal with wigs and things, so I just stumbled onto my thing.

Steven Van Zandt

CarHairGrowBackWantRight

Too often in the past, U.S. leaders have forced Israel to pay the price for American strategic interests in the Middle East - through concessions in the peace process as well as passivity in the face of Iraqi attacks.

Ron Silver

PeacePastFaceProcessAmerican

For me, purity of movement wasn't enough. I needed expression, more intensity, more mind.

Rudolf Nureyev

MindMeEnoughMoreMovementPurity

Sometimes you forget where the heck you are but when you get on stage, you know by the look on the people's faces and the accent in their voices where you might be.

Jason Mraz

PeopleYouLookKnowSometimesGet

Rock on out.

Janis Joplin

RockOut

I was made fun of a lot in high school because of the way I sound and the way I was.

Chris Colfer

SchoolFunHigh SchoolWayHighLot

I've been around for such a long time. My first hit record was over 20 years ago and the people who bought my records then are married now and they probably still play these records and their children like them.

Bonnie Tyler

ChildrenTimePeopleLongPlayNow

I rejected the traditional notion of 'women's work,' but I never thought of my early ambitions in a feminist way, exactly. Primarily I rebelled against apathy and limited education. I was rejecting a whole way of life that I thought trapped everyone.

Bobbie Ann Mason

LifeWorkEducationWomenThought

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