All Olympia Dukakis Quotes
- Sometimes I feel as if four thousand years of silencing women, of the fear of women who were burned in oil or eviscerated in front… Altered
- Well, you know what they say: if you don't have anything nice to say about anybody, come sit by me! Anybody
- God is not something I think about but something I experience as an energy, a Presence. I do find it easier to pray to a… Androgynous
- What you don't know about women is alot. Alot
- When my children were born, I didn't have them baptized because I felt baptism was about erasing Original Sin - something the Church said children… Absolutely
- 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 you,… Friend
- 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… Careful
- Stories about the ongoing dramas in our lives as we age are not being told because women find it difficult to be honest about what's… Age
- When I was a kid, I'd kneel down at the side of my bed every night before I went to sleep, and my mother and… Bed
- Most of us are not real eager to grow, myself included. We try to be happy by staying in the status quo. But if we're… Eager
- Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work. Became
- Follow your heart, your instincts. People might try to dissuade you from your passion, but no one can live your life but you. Dissuade
- My husband is a fall-away Catholic, but with a vengeance. He's actually more of a feminist than I am. Away Catholic
- I sometimes truly despair at ever being meaningfully altered and affected by the things I claim are so important to me. Affected
- I feel it most in my work, because there aren't roles about women who are spiritually evolving. That anyone would even write something like that,… Anyone
- 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, of… Accepted
- Winning is everything in Hollywood. Hollywood
- So I constantly play women who are damaged and out of touch, who are seeking without knowing, or knowing without the skills to transform their… Constantly
- 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. Few
- I think we're socialized out of being women, and then we have to find our way back to it. That's hard to do. Find
- The rest of us are still trying to find ways to live in the world with spirit-ual values. Myself included. We've learned certain skills, we've… Certain