Wangechi Mutu Quotes

Gold and precious gems are, in many places, the one form of wealth a woman can use to protect and enhance herself within the elaborate structure of patriarchy.

Wangechi Mutu

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: kenyan
  • Birth: June 22, 1972

Topics

WomanGoldWealthPlacesProtect

We women continue to swallow this line that it's unladylike or even proof of being a lesbian if you wear flat shoes like Doc Martens. I'm prepared to put up with that accusation, because at least my feet aren't killing me and I don't look like a bandy ostrich.

Jo Brand

WomenShoesMeFeetYouLook

The Federal Reserve is not charged with designing or evaluating proposals for housing finance reform. But we are responsible for regulating and supervising banking institutions to ensure their safety and soundness, and more broadly for the stability of the financial system.

Jerome Powell

FinanceSafetyFinancialResponsible

I've never had vocal training. No one could ever say that they helped me carve what my voice has become. It's just been more of self-training: me just continuously going into the studio every night and trying out different beats.

Jeremih

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The whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really wanted in the first place. People are doing it around you all the time. They give up their careers, say - or their beliefs - or sex.

John Osborne

TimeSacrificePeopleDoingYouSex

I don't want to collect any paychecks as a cheerleader on the sideline.

John Matuszak

WantCheerleaderAnyCollect

Women in music have always been associated with pop - with prettiness, theatricality, melodic hooks and dance beats.

Ann Powers

WomenMusicDanceAlwaysBeenPop

Man is a competitive creature, and the seeds of conflict are built deep into our genes. We fought each other on the savannah and only survived against great odds by organising ourselves into groups which would have had a common purpose, giving morale and fortitude.

Robert Winston

GreatManPurposeConflictSeeds

There's more musical freedom on Madison Avenue than anywhere else. It's an Eden for a composer.

Mitch Leigh

FreedomMoreAnywhereThanEden

I'm a creature of habit. I go to restaurants all the time and stuff.

Jason Schwartzman

TimeHabitGoStuffCreature

I went to a very mean school and was bullied like crazy. I was a bit of a goth with purple hair, and I was also part of the drama group, which was filled with actors and writers and wasn't really accepted by the rest of the school.

Christina Hendricks

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A lot of people put all that stuff on a pedestal, and they won't touch it. But I don't think that's the reason they did that. I think they played that stuff out of pure joy.

Brian Setzer

JoyPeopleThinkTouchReasonOut

You have to keep surprising your audience.

Shane Black

YouAudienceKeepSurprisingYour

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