Fatema Mernissi Quotes

Now that Arab women are pouring into the streets by the million, men discover with dismay that they, not women, were the captives of the harem dream.

Fatema Mernissi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WomenMenDreamNowStreetsMillion

Alison Pill is the unsung hero of 'Three Tall Women' to me. She's extraordinary in this part, and she makes it look easy. I'm just in awe of her.

Joe Mantello

WomenHeroMeEasyLookThree

My dad used to have an expression - 'It is the lucky person who gets up in the morning, puts both feet on the floor, knows what they are about to do, and thinks it still matters.'

Joe Biden

MorningFeetPersonLuckyMatters

Great horror movies are earned. 'Halloween' is an earned picture. Every moment of grotesque violence is earned by the suspense they're able to maintain getting there.

John Carroll Lynch

GreatMomentPictureViolenceMovies

Why would I be willing to challenge my Republican leadership? Because my allegiance will always be to the Constitution and the American people first and foremost, not to my political party.

Matt Salmon

LeadershipChallengePeoplePolitical

How about 'anvil babies' - because that is what anchor babies are around the necks of the American taxpayer.

Ann Coulter

AmericanAnchorBecauseBabiesHow

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.

Shirley Chisholm

ProgressIdeasYouComplainingMake

In theater, you are there, you have a character, you have a play, you have a light, you have a set, you have an audience, and you're in control, and every night is different depending on you and the relationship with the other actors. It's as simple as that.

Diego Luna

CharacterRelationshipLightSimple

If I am ever the starter of the Denver Broncos, I want it to be because I earned it.

Brock Osweiler

I AmWantDenverEarnedBecauseAm

If we think of the immune system as a machine, then we are far from even knowing all of its parts.

Bruce Beutler

ThinkKnowingSystemFarMachine

History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images.

Anselm Kiefer

HistoryThinkingUnexpectedArtist

Most fiction writers are driven to find their own 'voice,' but I am more interested in the voices of others.

Sheila Heti

I AmVoiceFindOthersMoreOwn

My crazy training-and-competition schedule leaves very little time to focus on my hair.

Lindsey Vonn

TimeFocusCrazyHairScheduleVery

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