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Olympia Dukakis
Olympia Dukakis
American Actress
Born: Jun 20, 1931
Being Fear Me Myself Think Women
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When my children were born, I didn't have them baptized because I felt baptism was about erasing Original Sin - something the Church said children got from their mother - and I absolutely refused to believe women carry Original Sin. Olympia Dukakis
Women Mother Church Believe Carry Born About Something Absolutely Sin Because Felt Said Got Were Refused Children Baptism Baptized Them Original Original Sin
You don't stay married for thirty-nine years because of sex or even because of love, but because your partner is a real friend to you, because they respect and regard you. Olympia Dukakis
Love You Respect Sex Partner Married Stay Because Real Years Real Friend Friend Regard Your Even
Most of us are not real eager to grow, myself included. We try to be happy by staying in the status quo. But if we're not willing to be honest with ourselves about what we feel, we don't evolve. Olympia Dukakis
Myself Be Happy Happy Try To Be Honest Ourselves Evolve Willing Status Status Quo Staying About Feel Most Real Quo Us Included Grow Eager Honest
When I was a kid, I'd kneel down at the side of my bed every night before I went to sleep, and my mother and I would say a Greek prayer to the Virgin Mary. Olympia Dukakis
Prayer Mother Before Down Every Side Say Kid Would Mary Kneel Bed Greek Every Night Night Sleep
Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work. Olympia Dukakis
Work Me Passion Lose Clear Became Thankfully Connection Compete
Sometimes I feel as if four thousand years of silencing women, of the fear of women who were burned in oil or eviscerated in front of their daughters, is imprinted deep within me and has altered my DNA. Olympia Dukakis
Me Women Fear Sometimes Thousand Thousand Years Silencing Daughters Feel Altered Within Were Years Imprinted Front Oil Burned Who Deep Four
My husband is a fall-away Catholic, but with a vengeance. He's actually more of a feminist than I am. Olympia Dukakis
Husband More He Vengeance Catholic Am Feminist Than Actually
I think we're socialized out of being women, and then we have to find our way back to it. That's hard to do. Olympia Dukakis
Women Think Back Our Way Out Find Being Then Hard Socialized
I think it's because most of us talk one way and live another. There are a few people who truly, truly walk the talk. Olympia Dukakis
People Walk Few Live Think Way One-Way Most Talk Another Because Truly Few People Us Who
I talk to women's groups all over the country and see women struggling with this. The fear of not being accepted, of being different, of not having a man, all make it hard for a woman to do what she really believes is right for her. Olympia Dukakis
Man Woman Women Fear Country See Having Struggling Over Talk She Make Accepted Being Different Being Different Really Hard Groups Believes Her Right
I sometimes truly despair at ever being meaningfully altered and affected by the things I claim are so important to me. Olympia Dukakis
Me Sometimes Important Despair Claim Altered Affected Truly Being Meaningfully Ever Things
I feel it most in my work, because there aren't roles about women who are spiritually evolving. That anyone would even write something like that, something that's worth doing, would be a miracle! Olympia Dukakis
Work Women Worth Evolving Would Would-Be Miracle About Something Spiritually Write Feel Like Most Because Doing Roles Anyone Who Even

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