"Culturally we don't allow women to be as free as they would like, because that is frightening. We either shun those women or deem them crazyâ€¦ But being that woman who pushes the boundaries means you also bring in less desirable aspects of yourself. At the end of the day, women are expected to hold up the world, not annihilate it."

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Source : Kim Gordon (2015). “Girl in a Band”, p.109, Faber & Faber

Kim Gordon

#Crazy Quotes #Mean Quotes #The End Of The Day Quotes

“There's no Peter York Foundation, and you're no one without one.”
“The Earth Charter is important as an expression of the commitment of people throughout the Earth to evoke their own deepest moral, spiritual and ethical principles in the task of ensuring a sustainable future for those who inhabit the Earth now and those who will follow us on the Earth.”
“Writing is physical work. It's sweaty work. You just can't will yourself to become a good writer. You really have to work at it.”
“Many people think it's in bad taste to advertise for an insane asylum... but come on down. We're going crazy.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Donald Trump is going to go farther than other presidents have gone in terms of making us more dependent on ourselves energy-wise, and to create billions of dollars in revenue, millions of jobs, some people project, over time.”
“The Church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it. Persecutions have made it grow; martyrdoms have crowned it.”
“Everybody has many people inside of them; I think we tend to present the one we feel is most appropriate at first, in order to gain acceptance or achieve what we want. It gets really interesting when this technique fails, and other levels are revealed.”

Source : "Interview: Rupert Friend Talks Directing Short Film Debut ‘Steve,’ Starring Knightley and Firth". Interview with Maggie Lange, www.indiewire.com. September 26, 2012.
“Youth has the resilience to absorb disaster and weave it into the pattern of its life, no mater how anguishing the thorn that penetrates its flesh.”

Source : Sholem Asch (1946). “East River”

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