"I talk to women's groups all over the……" — Olympia Dukakis
"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 not having a man, all make it hard for a woman to do what she really believes is right for her."
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Olympia Dukakis
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21 Quotes by Olympia Dukakis
Olympia Dukakis has 21 quotes on this site.
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Sometimes I feel as if four thousand years of silencing women, of the fear of women who were burned in…
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Well, you know what they say: if you don't have anything nice to say about anybody, come sit by me!
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God is not something I think about but something I experience as an energy, a Presence. I do find it…
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What you don't know about women is alot.
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When my children were born, I didn't have them baptized because I felt baptism was about erasing Original Sin -…
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You don't stay married for thirty-nine years because of sex or even because of love, but because your partner is…
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I think we have to be careful about what we label as a prerequisite for spirituality. I don't think you…
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Stories about the ongoing dramas in our lives as we age are not being told because women find it difficult…
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When I was a kid, I'd kneel down at the side of my bed every night before I went to…
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Most of us are not real eager to grow, myself included. We try to be happy by staying in the…
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for…
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Follow your heart, your instincts. People might try to dissuade you from your passion, but no one can live your…
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I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people,…
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It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses…
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In any area of the U.N. we... have to agree on certain language that can represent the same spirit, but…
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I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your…
— John Adams
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In America, I would say New York and New Orleans are the two most interesting food towns. In New Orleans,…
— Mario Batali
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Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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In this world, emotion has become suspect - the accepted style is smooth, antiseptic and passionless.
— Joe Biden
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I like hanging out with me, and I've accepted everything about me good, bad whatever it is. That's why I'm…
— Mary J. Blige
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In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build…
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we…
— Bono
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I don't really care about being accepted now. I wish I had been like that earlier.
— Terry Bradshaw
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In Eastern culture, people see ghosts, people talk about ghosts... it's just accepted. And in Western culture it's just not.
— Jessica Alba
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