Fatema Mernissi Quotes

A woman can walk miles without making one single step forward. As a child born in a harem, I instinctively knew that to live is to open closed doors. To live is to look outside. To live is to step out. Life is trespassing.

Fatema Mernissi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: moroccan
  • Birth: September 27, 1940 - November 30, 2015

Topics

LifeLiveWalkWomanStepChild

I got a pet monkey called Charlie Chan.

Jimi Hendrix

PetMonkeyGotCharlie

I struggled to find an agency in London because no one knew whether they should put me in the men's board or the women's board. There was a lot of uncertainty about my commercial viability.

Andreja Pejic

WomenMenMeUncertaintyFindKnew

I certainly like the rumour that I was the father of Elizabeth Hurley's baby. It made me think I could impregnate women in a different way to everyone else. Elizabeth and I were never alone in a room together, so I must be a very powerful man indeed. Actually, I'm thinking of suing the baby!

Matthew Perry

FatherWomenAloneTogetherManMe

I never bothered with cars. I was probably one of the few kids in school who didn't run around with hot-rod magazines. As I would be at home fiddling with my guitar, they would be fiddling with a car engine.

Angus Young

HomeCarSchoolGuitarRunNever

It's really nice when the studio is behind what you're doing, because that's often not the case.

Sissy Spacek

I AmMeThingsWellJustWorse

The amount of speculation surrounding my romantic life is astounding. It's strange how involved people get: invested and angry, really disappointed.

Sienna Miller

LifePositiveActionLegalMy Life

It's a good thing that columnists don't make homosexuality their last taboo anymore. But I wish the columnists themselves would come out too.

Michael Musto

GoodWishI WishOutLastCome

Reason is not what decides love.

Moliere

LoveReason

We all have the same destiny. The difference is opening ourselves up to possibilities to joy, hope, and happiness along the way. Give yourself and others a chance to take advantage of what's out there and available.

Diane Ladd

HappinessHopeYourselfJoyChance

I didn't understand the American fascination with the Japanese schoolgirl. No, I don't think I can, really.

Chiaki Kuriyama

ThinkAmericanI CanUnderstand

My mom wouldn't let me dye my hair for the longest time.

Chloe Kim

TimeMeMomHairLongestDye

We make our public servants jump through quite a few hoops, you know. We get hysterical if they accept a $50 lunch from a lobbyist. We get hysterical if they accept a ride on some corporate jet.

Christopher Buckley

RideLunchYouJumpKnowAccept

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