"People said women couldn't swim the Channel, but I proved they could."

-- Gertrude Ederle

#People Quotes #Swim Quotes #Said Quotes

“The modern artist must live by craft and violence. His gods are violent gods. Those artists, so called, whose work does not show this strife, are uninteresting.”
“There is no solid satisfaction in any career for a woman like myself. There is no home, no true freedom, no hope, no joy, no expectation for tomorrow, no contentment. I would rather cook a meal for a man and bring him his slippers and feel myself in the protection of his arms than have all the citations and awards and honors I have received worldwide, including the Ribbon of Legion of Honor and my property and my bank accounts. They mean nothing to me. And I am only one among the millions of sad women like myself.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“A lot of people come to Los Angeles and think that they're going to be famous, just like that.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The things that I want to see happen get no play in mainstream American politics. My primary interests are the legalization of sex work and prison abolition.”

Source : "The Lenny Interview: Rachel Maddow". Interview with Grace Dunham, www.yahoo.com. April 21, 2016.
“History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them.”

Source : "Political Science for Civil Services Main Examination". Book by N.D. Arora, 2010.
“Once Michael gets up there he says, 'Well, maybe I'll just hang up here in the air for a while, just sit back.' Then all of a sudden, he says, 'Well, maybe I'll 360. No I changed my mind. I'll go up on the other side.' He's just incredible.”
“There's times when I just have to quit thinking... and the only way I can quit thinking is by shopping.”
“The single most effective way to get rid of rumor and speculation is to be transparent.”

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