"Stories about the ongoing dramas in our lives as we age are not being told because women find it difficult to be honest about what's going on - about, for example, our heightened sexuality as we age or about living in a society that only values youth."

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Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Olympia Dukakis

#Drama Quotes #Age Quotes #Stories Quotes

“If the Europeans want to intervene, that's their business. But if I were president, I would remove every United States soldier from the Balkan peninsula.”
“[America is] a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we were born; our creeds were infidelity to the mother church; our constitution treason to our fatherland.”
“It is a sign of a medium's immaturity when one of the main topics of discussion is the medium itself.”
“For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.”
“The first dolly track was somebody who had the idea to put the camera on a boat on a canal. So the boat would move very slowly but steadily. So they would see all that surrounds you and you'd see the landscape changing slowly. So that was the first time.”
“The body is like an elaborate metaphor. One may be able to taste and not swallow, like the anorexic, or to swallow and not integrate, like the bulimic or obese.”
“People sacrifice the present for the future. But life is available only in the present. That is why we should walk in such a way that every step can bring us to the here and the now.”
“As an actress, I get plenty of drama in my professional life. When I'm at home, I want a peaceful life.”

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