"This is a strange pocket of the western world where it is still deemed utterly acceptable to take smart, successful women and reduce them to beauty pageant contestants,"

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Source : "How Amy Poehler and Tina Fey made the Golden Globes the first feminist film awards ceremony" by Hadley Freeman, www.theguardian.com. January 12, 2015.

Hadley Freeman

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“The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously.”
“So anyway, I really enjoyed the European audiences.”

Source : "Burning brightly". Interview with Richard Hawley, www.theguardian.com. October 15, 2006.
“For me, it's easier to like more things than to dislike them; I'm not a critic in that sense. I find it easier to like more, to be more open and enjoy more things, which has given me more opportunities.”
“China is a long caravan, longer and stronger than the Wall.”

Source : Genevieve Taggard (1938). “Collected Poems: 1918-1938”
“Yes, they are carnal, both of them, love and death, and therein lies their terror and their great magic!”
“The fight to save family farms isn't just about farmers. It's about making sure that there is a safe and healthy food supply for all of us. It's about jobs, from Main Street to Wall Street. It's about a better America.”
“Charity even for one person does not make sense except in terms of an effort to love all Creation in response to the Creator's love for it.”
“I tried to film 'Leaves of Grass' in Oklahoma, but it was literally about a million dollars less to shoot in Louisiana.”

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