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> [It's really hard to get stories made that are about women. Not just women being obsessed with men, or supporting men. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-wilde/it-s-really-hard-to-get-stories-made-that-are-about-women-not-just/)

[Olivia Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-wilde/)

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> [I want hard stories, I demand them from myself. Hard stories are worth the difficulty. It seems to me the only way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-allison/i-want-hard-stories-i-demand-them-from-myself-hard-stories-are-worth/)

[Dorothy Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-allison/)

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> [Plantation gospel music was the stuff I fell in love with when I was a kid - these beautiful melodies and these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-womack/plantation-gospel-music-was-the-stuff-i-fell-in-love-with-when-i-was/)

[Bobby Womack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-womack/)

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> [It was always hard to find stories that I felt were, in and of themselves, fresh enough and intriguing enough .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-howard/it-was-always-hard-to-find-stories-that-i-felt-were-in-and-of/)

[Ron Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-howard/)

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> [Work hard and find stories you want to tell from your heart. The great thing for women is that there are so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanna-lenken/work-hard-and-find-stories-you-want-to-tell-from-your-heart-the-great/)

[Sanna Lenken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sanna-lenken/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50b/sanna-lenken-70670_audience_work-hard-and-find-stories-you-want-to-t_2195990.jpg)

> [With family dramas, it's hard to keep those stories alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-vancamp/with-family-dramas-it-s-hard-to-keep-those-stories-alive/)

[Emily VanCamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-vancamp/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/092/emily-vancamp-19476_alive_with-family-dramas-it-s-hard-to-keep-tho_3086017.png)

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