"Sometimes I feel as if four thousand years……" — Olympia Dukakis
"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 of their daughters, is imprinted deep within me and has altered my DNA."
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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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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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My husband is a fall-away Catholic, but with a vengeance. He's actually more of a feminist than I am.
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