"What we have in common is what keeps us apart."

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

Louise Bernikow

“I love being presented a character that boggles my mind. I have to do a lot of work and explore how I can make the guy absolutely real and absolutely believable to myself. And then, I go to work on doing that for other people.”
“To girls and women everywhere, I issue a simple invitation. My sisters, my daughters, my friends; find your voice”
“Creationists have long held that evolutionary theory is atheistic; defenders of the theory do the theory no favor when they agree.”
“Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best.”

Source : John Webster, John Russell Brown (1997). “The Duchess of Malfi: John Webster”, p.84, Manchester University Press
“Guys constantly talk about pornography in two ways: as revenge and as reassurance. When you live in a world in which beautiful, sexy women are all around you, in the same classes, on the same athletic field, competing for the same jobs, then the pornographic world - the world in which women thrill to male sexual desire - reassures men that although they may feel "one down," they're still entitled to women's bodies.”

Source : "How hookups and hang-ups delay manhood". TODAYshow.com Q&A, www.today.com. August 26, 2008.
“If lesbians were purple, none would be admitted to respected places. But if all lesbians suddenly turned purple today, society would be surprised at the number of purple people in high places.”
“Many senators have developed a canny sense of what will play best for the audience.”

Source : Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley
“The violence or the vaudeville style of comedy is a technique all by itself. You get up there, and you are a comedian, and you're doing one thing. That is, you're going to make the audience laugh.”

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