Fatema Mernissi Quotes

Growing up, I was taught that a woman should lower her gaze so that men could never know her thoughts. The so-called modesty of Arab women is, in fact, a war tactic.

Fatema Mernissi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WomenMenWomanWarThoughtsKnow

You carry all these hurts and breakups with you forever. But there is this sort of joyful realization that the things that caused you pain were real. There is something beautiful and invigorating in holding onto that.

Jens Lekman

BeautifulPainYouRealJoyful

Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself.

John Milton

ShallowBooksHimself

Especially during the first nine months, there was so much going on with trying to hire 55 people to run the city, it was hard to imagine any honeymoon.

John Hickenlooper

PeopleCityTryingRunFirstHard

Even the most dismal and hopeless-sounding Wilco music, to my ears, has always maintained a level of hope and consolation.

Jeff Tweedy

MusicHopeAlwaysLevelEarsEven

I have seven brothers and two sisters, so there was always a little friendly competition in the house. I don't think that's anything unusual with that many siblings.

Tony Rock

CompetitionThinkHouseTwoAnything

Hunting really divides people in Britain. We keep pets, and we name our animals, but we're not too worried about industrial hunting practices.

Louis Theroux

PeopleNameAnimalsHuntingKeep

I like being a villain. Villains are more exciting.

Judd Nelson

VillainMoreBeingExcitingLike

The Beatles did their best cover work on Little Richard's 'Long Tall Sally' and music influenced by Richard, such as Larry Williams's 'Dizzy Miss Lizzie.'

Jon Landau

WorkMusicBestLongTallLittle

I think people have come to know that I am not comfortable in a box, you know, and that I love music.

Dianne Reeves

LoveMusicI AmPeopleThinkYou

It wasn't that I left acting; it's just that I put it aside while I set about becoming a comic.

Deirdre O'Kane

ActingLeftBecomingJustSetComic

I'm saying there is no way that I will do this, because it's really not me. I know my strengths, and governor Romney needs to find someone who wants to run with him. There are many people who will do it very, very well, and I'll support the ticket.

Condoleezza Rice

SupportPeopleMeSayingSomeone

Now, when I was in the Army, writing was my hobby.

Brian Lumley

WritingArmyHobbyNow

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