"In becoming archaeologists of the world of our mothers, we are trying to retrieve the female past and to invent a future."

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Source : Louise Bernikow (1981). “Among women”, HarperCollins

Louise Bernikow

#Mother Quotes #Past Quotes #History Quotes

“I learned not to care ... and to write for an imaginary reader whose tastes were similar to my own.”
“I've seen many men die right in front of me - so many in fact that I've become almost hardened to it. Having seen the worst that human beings can do to each other, the results of torture, mutilation and seeing someone blown to pieces by a bomb, you develop a kind of shell. But you had to. You had to. Otherwise we would never have won.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“To be ungrateful is to be unnatural. The head may be thus guilty, not the heart.”
“I'm far more relaxed with German. I'm a control freak. I like to know exactly who's saying and doing what.”
“Sometimes I have young comics that ask me, "What should I do when I meet an agent or a manager and they ask me stuff?" And I say, "Well, they always usually ask, 'Where do you see yourself in five years, 10 years, 15 years?' And it's good to have an answer for that."”
“I am now a member of the private sector. I'm happy. I've got a little foundation. You never say never, but I may have had my last race and that was the Presidential race. I think that you only get one shot.”
“I am part of the demographic and I love it.”
“Please repeat: Influence is Not popularity.”

Source : "Please Repeat: Influence Is Not Popularity". www.briansolis.com. August 11, 2010.

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