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> [I should say that feminism gave me permission to deal with my own emotional life and put it up front in certain ways, or use film as a way to examine, at that time, my own heterosexual experience. Lives of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-rainer/i-should-say-that-feminism-gave-me-permission-to-deal-with-my-own/)

Yvonne Rainer

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## More by Yvonne Rainer

> [I always like to cite John Cage's mantra, "If you can stand it for two-minutes, try it for four." In fact, when I look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-rainer/i-always-like-to-cite-john-cage-s-mantra-if-you-can-stand-it-for-two/)

Yvonne Rainer

> [No to spectacle no to virtuosity no to transformations and magic and make believe no to glamour and transcendency of the star image no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-rainer/no-to-spectacle-no-to-virtuosity-no-to-transformations-and-magic-and/)

Yvonne Rainer

> [I should say that feminism gave me permission to deal with my own emotional life and put it up front in certain ways, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-rainer/i-should-say-that-feminism-gave-me-permission-to-deal-with-my-own/)

Yvonne Rainer

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