“The old lessons of submissiveness and fragility made us victims. Women are so much more than that. You can be a businesswoman, a mother, an artist, and a feminist - whatever you want to be - and still be a sexual being. It's not mutually exclusive.” WantMadeStillsMotherArtistLessonsVictimFeministExclusiveFragility Author:Beyonce Knowles
“I'm being explicit about really horrifying experiences in my life, but my hope has always been to be responsible as an artist and to avoid indulging in my misery, or to come off as an exhibitionist. I don't want to make the listener complicit in my vulnerable prose poem of depression, I just want to honor the experience. I'm not the victim here, and I'm not seeking other peoples' sympathy. I don't blame my parents, they did the best they could.” WantArtistParentHonorResponsibleVictimBlameMiserySeekingVulnerableProseListenersBeing ResponsibleExplicitExhibitionist Author:Sufjan Stevens
“I'm interested in how artists and writers do this, using art as therapy. Escaping into the worlds we create. We're all victims and few of us are truly free.” WorldArtArtistVictimTherapyEscapingBedtimeArtists And Writers Author:David Lloyd
“Con artists are using Obamacare confusion to sign people up for fake health insurance. The scammers lure victims with false promises like, 'If you like your healthcare plan, you can keep your healthcare plan.' The scammers will tell you that, so you have to be careful.” PeopleIfsArtistPlansLike YouPromiseVictimCarefulConfusionFakeBe CarefulHealthcareObamacareLureFalse PromisesCon Artist Author:Jay Leno
“I feel a lot of sympathy for the young women I've written about, including Younger Janice. I think that all of them (me in Girlbomb, Samantha in Have You Found Her, and Elizabeth in I, Liar) had some early family trauma that contributed to their dysfunctional methods of dealing with the world, but I wouldn't call them/myself victims - survivors, maybe, but not victims. Nor do I think of them/myself as con artists.” ThinkingWorldFeelsYoungArtistFoundWrittenMethodVictimIncludingTraumaLiarsSurvivorYoung WomenCon ArtistSamantha Author:Janice Erlbaum
“Life has to keep going, so you can either be a victim the rest of your life and let it drag you down into drugs and alcohol and depression or you can turn it into something good, fun even, you know, and I tell young people who are going through depression that this might be the most important time of your life. This might be what makes you a great artist later on.” PeopleKnowsImportantMightYoungArtistTurnsFunDrugVictimAlcoholKeep GoingDragGreat ArtRest Of Your LifeGreat ArtistDrugs And AlcoholGood FunTime Of Your Life Author:Jeff Ross
“To me, paintings are about beauty. They are very feminine, and beauty is something very feminine. For a long time, people would talk with me about identity. I don't have issues with identity, I just follow this kind of feminine beauty because I became a victim of my art, which I think is the best thing for an artist. So many artists use their talent, but with the best artists, their talent uses them.” PeopleThinkingKindLongArtArtistTalentIdentityPaintingVictimFeminineBest Artist Author:Nir Hod
“And I think it's because good cons are all based on the victim's need, and the successful con artist is the one, I guess, who can exploit that. I remember reading something about this, that one of the great traits of confidence tricksters is the level that they flatter their victim.” ThinkingNeedsRememberArtistReadingLevelsSuccessfulVictimTraitsExploitsTrickstersCon Artist Author:Alfred Molina
“What pedophiles and people who have sexual desires on children lose sight of to a terrible, terrible degree - a devastating degree - is that their victims are real people who will suffer forever whatever abuses are perpetrated on them.” PeopleChildrenRealDesireArtistSufferingLosesForeverTerribleDegreesAbuseSightVictimSexual Desire Author:Jock Sturges