Helen Mirren Quotes

Two phrases I hate in reference to female characters are 'strong' and 'feisty.' They really annoy me. It's the most condescending thing. You say that about a three-year-old. It infantilises women.

Helen Mirren

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: July 26, 1945

Topics

WomenHateMeStrongYouSay

I'd rather be a victor than a victim.

Robert Kiyosaki

VictimRatherThanVictor

I don't have much time to sit and watch a lot of TV. And I can't really binge-watch.

Jeff Lindsay

TimeWatchSitMuchTVReally

People have to remember this - I've literally been going at this music thing since my mother passed away.

Tory Lanez

MotherMusicPeopleRememberGoing

Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.

Joseph Story

IntelligenceWisePeopleFallVirtue

When we talk about protecting our right to have guns, we are talking about protecting our right to shoot bullets. So what is it that's so important to shoot at?

Jonathan Safran Foer

TalkingImportantTalkRightGuns

Incumbent White House parties have won 10 of the last 18 presidential elections; the odds are tight, but they favor Obama in 2012. And so gloomy Democrats, check your despair; gleeful Republicans, watch the hubris.

Jon Meacham

HouseWhiteHubrisOddsDespair

When I really young yet feeling very old, I offered up a lot of myself to the press; I knew it was good copy.

Diane Lane

GoodMyselfFeelingCopyYoungOld

I put my heart into this. Like, winning to me is, I make it life or death.

Draymond Green

LifeHeartDeathMeWinningLike

Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood.

Coretta Scott King

RacismPeopleHumanityDignityGroup

The pain passes, but the beauty remains.

Auguste Renoir

BeautyPainRemainsPasses

The seeds of marriage equality... were planted on MTV.

Wilson Cruz

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I think I feel a little differently than other people do. For some reason I've never felt grown up.

William Steig

PeopleThinkFeelNeverReasonUp

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