I think we have to be careful about what we label as a prerequisite for spirituality. I don't think you have to know a lot to have a spiritual life, but knowing gives life richness. — Olympia Dukakis Copy Share Image
My husband is a fall-away Catholic, but with a vengeance. He's actually more of a feminist than I am. — Olympia Dukakis Copy Share Image
So I constantly play women who are damaged and out of touch, who are seeking without knowing, or knowing without the skills to transform… — Olympia Dukakis Copy Share Image
I think it's because most of us talk one way and live another. There are a few people who truly, truly walk the talk. — Olympia Dukakis Copy Share Image
“Rhythm of life runs in cycles there are times in the darkness and time in the light.” — Olympia Dukakis Copy Share Image
Follow your heart, your instincts. People might try to dissuade you from your passion, but no one can live your life but you. — Olympia Dukakis Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel as if four thousand years of silencing women, of the fear of women who were burned in oil or eviscerated in… — Olympia Dukakis Copy Share Image
Stories about the ongoing dramas in our lives as we age are not being told because women find it difficult to be honest about… — Olympia Dukakis Copy Share Image
Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work. — Olympia Dukakis Copy Share Image
Most of us are not real eager to grow, myself included. We try to be happy by staying in the status quo. But if… — Olympia Dukakis Copy Share Image
God is not something I think about but something I experience as an energy, a Presence. I do find it easier to pray to… — Olympia Dukakis Copy Share Image
When my children were born, I didn't have them baptized because I felt baptism was about erasing Original Sin - something the Church said… — Olympia Dukakis Copy Share Image
You don't stay married for thirty-nine years because of sex or even because of love, but because your partner is a real friend to… — Olympia Dukakis Copy Share Image
I talk to women's groups all over the country and see women struggling with this. The fear of not being accepted, of being different,… — Olympia Dukakis Copy Share Image
