I was born in ancient times, at the end of the world, in a patriarchal Catholic and conservative family. No wonder that by age five I was a raging feminist - although the term had not reached Chile yet, so nobody knew what the heck was wrong with me. Use this quote
To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists and punk-rock performance poets. Use this quote
Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality. Use this quote
I want to help middle-school girls stay interested in math and be good at it, and see it as friendly and accessible and not this scary thing. Everyone else in society tells them it's not for them. It's for nerdy white guys with pocket protectors. Use this quote
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. Use this quote
Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do. Use this quote
You want a culture where citizens are free to express themselves and so live in the openness necessary to the functioning of a successful economy? Israel has a free press, much of it openly hostile to the parties in power. Use this quote
Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth. Use this quote
People in cities may forget the soil for as long as a hundred years, but Mother Nature's memory is long and she will not let them forget indefinitely. Use this quote
A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him. Use this quote
You know when Hollywood does a great big blockbuster that really wraps you up in a world, and lets you believe in extraordinary things that move you in some way, in an almost operatic sensibility? That to me is the most fun I have at the movies. Use this quote
No one really wants to admit they are lonely, and it is never really addressed very much between friends and family. But I have felt lonely many times in my life. Use this quote
The sports world is an echo chamber. All it takes is one quote from a general manager and a thousand sports columns bloom. Use this quote
You use your money to buy privacy because during most of your life you aren't allowed to be normal. Use this quote
I can put my legs behind my head and sing 'Happy Birthday.' Because that's something that me and my friends used to do when we were in gymnastics class as kids, and I can still do it. I was doing it since I was 8 and 9. They used to call me Gumby. Very bendy. Use this quote
Only the dead have seen the end of the war. Use this quote
I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day. Use this quote
I have a long-standing history of respecting artists' wishes. Use this quote
I'm going to work so that it's a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one who can win it. Use this quote
I don't think young men or women should feel pressured into marriage. You shouldn't marry anyone, in my opinion, who you have to try hard for. Use this quote
