Eve Ensler Quotes

Whatever culture, whatever country, girls are taught to please others as opposed to pleasing themselves.

Eve Ensler

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One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me.

Anatole France

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My parents couldn't afford physical therapy, so they sent me to dancing school. I learned how to dance in heels, which means I can walk in heels. And I'm from Jersey, and we are really concerned with being chic, so if my friends wore heels, so did I.

Maysoon Zayid

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Everyone sees something different in 'Endgame': a biblical apocalypse, a portrait of painful co-dependency, a confession of guilt and dignity in the face of death, a night of baffling hopelessness, a meaningless babble. Each interpretation reveals an absurd truth - not about the play, but about the person watching it.

Simon McBurney

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When I was little, 4 or 5 years old, the first guitar I had was given to me by a blacklisted violinist - a lefty, commie guy, pinko man.

Ry Cooder

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My dad keeps referring to me playing the piano when he's trying to teach me something in archery.

Miranda Leek

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I'm always trying to find something unique or a project that I can do something unique in. When the director has a vision for a piece that I've never heard before, and they can back that up with visuals and they talk a good game, I get really interested in the world that they're trying to create.

Josh Hartnett

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I don't have a lot of patience for movies that aren't cleanly told.

Jon Favreau

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My first recollection is that of a bugle call.

Douglas MacArthur

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I'm not sure whay I've been drawn to this subject, except that murder is a subject that has always drawn people for as long as people have been telling stories.

Donna Tartt

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If we don't at least try to make the future more equitable, most of us will left with simply scraps.

Alissa Quart

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I believe in the value of life. I believe we must prepare our children for tomorrow with the family values of my grandparents.

Ryan Zinke

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Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.

Martin Luther

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