"Publicity in women is detestable. Anonymity runs in……" — Virginia Woolf
"Publicity in women is detestable. Anonymity runs in their blood. The desire to be veiled still possesses them. They are not even now as concerned about the health of their fame as men are, and, speaking generally, will pass a tombstone or a signpost without feeling an irresistible desire to cut their names on it."
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Virginia Woolf
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642 Quotes by Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf has 642 quotes on this site.
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To enjoy freedom ... we have of course to control ourselves. We must not squander our powers, helplessly and ignorantly,…
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If we didn't live venturously, plucking the wild goat by the beard, and trembling over precipices, we should never be…
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Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!
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Tom's great yellow bronze mask all draped upon an iron framework. An inhibited, nerve-drawn; dropped face - as if hung…
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I like going from one lighted room to another, such is my brain to me; lighted rooms.
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Does housekeeping interest you at all? I think it really ought to be just as good as writing and I…
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If woman had no existence save in the fiction written by men, one would imagine her a person of utmost…
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King old ladies assure us that cats are often the best judges of character. A cat will always to to…
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It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet…
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To make ideas effective, we must be able to fire them off. We must put them into action.
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Life for both sexes is arduous, difficult, a perpetual struggle. More than anything... it calls for confidence in oneself...And how…
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The history of most women is hidden either by silence, or by flourishes and ornaments that amount to silence.
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More Anonymity Quotes
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Fame really works against actors, in a way, because our anonymity is a wonderful thing for us.
— Jeff Bridges
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Cyber bullies can hide behind a mask of anonymity online, and do not need direct physical access to their victims…
— Anna Maria Chavez
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I wanted to have the adoration of John Lennon but have the anonymity of Ringo Starr. I didn't want to…
— Kurt Cobain
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Success made me self-sufficient, but it also took away my anonymity. I'm just this quiet nobody, and all of a…
— Lisa Bonet
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You can't really appreciate anonymity until you've lost it. People say that's sour grapes, but it really isn't To be…
— Paul Newman
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According to this woman, who requested anonymity because of her current job as a clinical psychologist, "He and Randy came…
— Rand Paul
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So I try not to do press and if you can keep the balance of keeping a certain degree of…
— Charlie Hunnam
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I have too much potential for collapse. There's an anonymity that makes people feel safe to participate in hatefulness. I…
— Julia Roberts
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For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity,
— Ben Whishaw
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Human beings are not meant to lose their anonymity and privacy.
— Sarah Chalke
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It must be odd, being recognisable. I would hate to lose that anonymity. It happened for a while with 'Spooks.'…
— Matthew Macfadyen
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No one can train you to be famous. How do you deal with the loss of anonymity, the loss of…
— Wesley Snipes
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