Isabel Allende Quotes

My mother didn't want me to be a feminist, a radical, political person, because she was scared. She wanted me to be protected and safe, but my life never was.

Isabel Allende

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: chilean
  • Birth: August 2, 1942

Topics

LifeMotherMePoliticalMy Life

You're not lonely when you're teaching, you're not quiet, you're laughing most of the time, you're having a wonderful time interacting with young people. It's the best fun in the world.

Mem Fox

TimeBestFunPeopleWorldLonely

I am not a princess, I don't want to be referred to as a princess - I find that super creepy.

Melissa McCarthy

I AmFindPrincessWantAmCreepy

I wasn't star struck, but you know you're in the game when you're eye-to-eye with Nicki Minaj. It means you made it.

Slim Jimmy

GameYouKnowStarMadeMeans

I fell in love with New York.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

LoveNew YorkNewFellYork

Ultimately what I end up writing about is helplessness and the flipside of that, empowerment.

Joss Whedon

WritingEndEmpowermentUpAbout

When I'm angry on TV, I'm actually not. I'm manipulating you as an owner.

Jon Taffer

AngryYouOwnerTVActually

When we respect everybody around us, we are in peace with everybody around us.

Don Miguel Ruiz

RespectPeaceUsEverybodyAround

The one place I never felt at all comfortable in the military was in private circles of conversation. There's a tendency, especially among young men, to objectify and denigrate women behind closed doors.

Chelsea Manning

WomenMenDoorsConversationPlace

I wouldn't take it as a compliment if someone looked at one of my shoes and said, 'Oh, that looks like a comfortable shoe.' There is a heel that is too high to walk in, certainly. But who cares? You don't have to walk in high heels.

Christian Louboutin

ShoesWalkSomeoneYouHigh Heels

After I play every character, I always walk away and feel a little different. I've experienced something that's not my life, but I've made it my life.

Brittany Snow

LifeCharacterWalkFeelMy Life

For where Kingman is located, the coral cover is unique in the world. I refer to it as a universe of hard corals. You are not going to find soft corals like in the western Pacific - places like Indonesia, Palau, or Fiji.

Brian Skerry

WorldUniverseYouUniqueFindHard

What I learned in jail is that I can't change. I can't live a different lifestyle - this is it. This is the life that they gave and this is the life that I made.

Tupac Shakur

LifeChangeLiveLifestyleJail

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