"When she stopped conforming to the conventional picture of femininity she finally began to enjoy being a woman."

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Source : BETTY FRIEDAN (1963). “The Feminine Mystique”

Betty Friedan

#Women Quotes #Being A Woman Quotes #Enjoy Quotes

“God ever arithmetizes.”
“I grew up in the Lower East Side of New York.”

Source : "Showbiz Today Star of Tomorrow". "Showbiz Today Star of Tomorrow" with Lori Blackman, www.cnn.com. September 7, 2000.
“Time, Baby - so much, so much time left until the end of my life - sometimes I go crazy at how slowly time passes yet how quickly my body ages. But I shouldn't allow myself to think like this. I have to remind myself that time only frightens me when I think of having to spend it alone. Sometimes I scare myself with how many of my thoughts revolve around making me feel better about sleeping alone in a room.”
“I've never played someone where I felt it was beneficial to build from the outside in.”
“I wanted [Martin] to be a really decent human being because I didn't want to depict the clichÃ© that a woman becomes a lesbian because her husband is terrible to her.”

Source : "When Night Is Falling". Drama, Romance, 1995.
“I worked closely with Steve Peters, the British Cycling team's psychologist, and we came up with a strategy of dealing with the pressure. It basically involved displacing the negative thoughts with visualisation. Not a complicated technique, but very effective if done properly. I just kept running through the race in my head over and over so that I wouldn't let the distractions around me put me off.”

Source : Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“I often think off-screen horror is more effective, it's the fear of what is lurking around the corner, just out of sight, that can leave you on the edge of your seat.”

Source : Source: dailydead.com
“Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you.”

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