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Quote by Eve Ensler

“I'm feeling a kind of liberty to write about what's interesting to me without worrying about what I should be writing about. And that feels good.”

Quote by Eve Ensler

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Eve Ensler is an American playwright, best known for her work 'The Vagina Monologues', which is based on her investigation into the issue of violence against women and has sparked a global movement for women's empowerment. Her works often focus on women's experiences and social justice issues. more

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“I think so much of neoliberalism and capitalism has caused people to live in a state of greed, fear and consumption that is covering up so much of what we really want.”

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“The devastation of neoliberalism is so multi-fold, whether it's violence against women or desperate economic inequality or the destruction of the planet.”

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“One of the things I think about when we talk about a violence,and relationship to spirituality is that it seems to me when you take something from someone that isn't yours or you hurt someone else, fundamentally, you actually do that to yourself. You actually unmake yourself, you work against your own being and your own matter.”

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“What I would argue is that real spirituality is the ability to keep encountering two opposite thoughts at the same time and still maintain some kind of morality and perspective in the world. It is not the elimination of one side of the equation or the elimination of what you don't like; it is the investigation of everything.”

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“You have to sometimes just run with the problem rather than trying to solve it with hi-tech wizardry and lots of planning.”

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“I always get self-conscious about what I look like in a film, but less so if I'm a character very far removed from who I am. Then I just worry about the performance, and that's equally an odd experience.”

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“I've always liked sci-fi/fantasy films. I've never really followed any sci-fi television shows though. I wouldn't consider myself a fan. When asked, I think I say the Matrix is my favorite movie.”

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“There can be no difference between same-sex couples and opposite-sex couples anywhere in the USA.”

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“I've been a river kayaker for a long time and I've done quite a few trips. I like kayaking and I like canoeing. I don't really like being on yachts or sailboats or cruise ships. I don't like anything that's large and not human-powered.”

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“What I believe is that we have this extraordinary spirit inside ourselves, which for me is our Buddha nature. I believe we are in the process of opening and getting closer and closer to our Buddha nature and stripping away all that is covering it. I don't think I'm going to end up meeting this one being up there or out there.”

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