"Culture stereotypes women to fit the myth by flattening the feminine into beauty-without-intelligence or intelligence-without-beauty; women are allowed a mind or a body but not both."

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Source : Naomi Wolf (1990). “The Beauty Myth”, Vintage

Naomi Wolf

#Mind Quotes #Culture Quotes #Body Quotes

“In general, my paintings are multifocal. You can't call it unfocused space, but not being fixed to a single focus is very much of our time.”
“The God of the Old testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction...”
“Don't wait till you're older, or in some better job than you have now. Don't wait for anything. Don't wait till some magical...idea drops into your lap. That's not where ideas come from. Go looking for an idea and it'll show up. Begin now.”

Source : "I'm Ira Glass, Host of This American Life, and This Is How I Work". Interview with Andy Orin, lifehacker.com. July 23, 2014.
“I used to hate working out - until I learned how to do it properly.”
“Despite the deep reforms we are making, traders and speculators have forced interest rates on Greek bonds to record highs.”
“It's so ironic. When you finally achieve recognition, you hide behind dark glasses.”
“Writers are the main landmarks of the past.”
“The abuse of a thing is no argument against the use of it.”

Source : Jeremy Collier (1698). “A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage; Together with the Sense of Antiquity Upon this Argument. 2. Ed”, p.5

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