“My mentality is: I'm going to do it. I'm going to eat a lot of food, and then I'm going to complain about it when I see myself on camera.” CamerasComplainingMentality Author:Ike Barinholtz
“It's really fun to listen to other people and be an accompanist.” PeopleFunAccompanists Author:Shawn Colvin
“I'm not a big Austen reader. I wouldn't say I dislike her, but if I had to choose between her and Eliot to bring to a desert island, it would definitely be Eliot.” IfsBigsReaderDesertIslandsDislikeAustenEliot Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“The thing I love about Dickens is the omniscient, omnipotent narrator, and the great confidence of the narrator, which marks 19th-century novelists in general and Dickens in particular.” CenturyParticularMarkNovelists19th CenturyThings I LoveDickensOmnipotentNarratorsOmniscientGreat Confidence Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“More than poverty, more than degree of education, religion, access to natural resources, even degree of democracy - violence against females is the biggest indicator of whether a country will be violent in itself or be willing to use military violence against another country.” CountryUseNaturalPovertyDemocracyViolenceMilitaryWillingDegreesResourcesFemaleAccessViolentNatural ResourcesIndicators Author:Gloria Steinem
“We know from many forms of suffering that what is important first is a witness - people want to know that someone else knows what's happening, that they're not alone - and someone who listens to what is needed and tries to help.” PeopleKnowsWantTryingFirstsImportantHelpingFormSufferingNeededHappeningsWitnessNot Alone Author:Gloria Steinem
“Racism is not real, it's made up, it's cruel, it can be stopped.” MadeRealRacism Author:Gloria Steinem
“Sexism is not inevitable. It's only about controlling reproduction and therefore controlling women.” InevitableSexismReproductionControlling Women Author:Gloria Steinem
“If we have reproductive freedom, that is the ability to decide for ourselves when and whether to have children and what happens to our bodies, sexism can be reversed. It's the understanding that it's not inevitable. I think that is crucial.” IfsThinkingChildrenBodyHappensUnderstandingAbilityInevitableSexismCrucial Author:Gloria Steinem