You come to a point where you give up on holding yourself to a perfect feminist ideal - it just feels stifling.


Jessica Valenti

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One of the things I love about acting is that it reveals a certain something about yourself, but it ...
JESSICA LANGE
There's something magical still about it when I get in a darkroom, and you've shot a roll of...
JESSICA LANGE
I like playing characters who are out there on the edge, where they can explode at any moment or fal...
JESSICA LANGE
This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural.
JESSICA LANGE
There are no explanations, there are no answers.
JESSICA LANGE
Allow the diversity to exist. There is nothing wrong with it. Hell, we put up with the religious rig...
JESSICA LANGE
Families survive, one way or another. You have a tie, a connection that exists long after death, thr...
JESSICA LANGE
I've never been a sunny personality. I've never been outgoing. I'm a solitary person.
JESSICA LANGE
Photography was a blessing because it filled my time.
JESSICA LANGE
For me, acting was always a way to explore emotions - to dip into the well and really try to reach r...
JESSICA LANGE
I have been a waitress, and I was a damn fine waitress too, let me tell you.
JESSICA LANGE
All I have to say is: Jessica Simpson is the most beautiful woman on the planet!
JESSICA SIMPSON
I'm very active when I'm not pregnant, but I think fitness should be a natural part of your ...
JESSICA CAPSHAW
The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the ce...
JESSICA LANGE
I'm part Spanish. My paternal grandfather came from Spain via Singapore to Manila. On my mother&...
JESSICA HAGEDORN
After filming, I can't wait to shake off all that '50s primness. I'll go out to a gig an...
JESSICA RAINE
I worked on my voice for Sweet Dreams, but only to match my speaking voice to Patsy's actual sin...
JESSICA LANGE
I remember the first time I put on the Army uniform. I just felt like a totally different person - I...
JESSICA LYNCH
Circuit training is a great way to go. Keeping the reps high and the weight low, you'll tone you...
JESSICA STROUP
I love yoga, and I love circuit training where you can do five exercises, 15-20 reps of each exercis...
JESSICA LOWNDES
They all seem infected with a vivaciousness that isn't common in our compound, and there are more sm...
JESSICA KHOURY
(Mr. Friedman) was always kind of dopey."
"Actually, Bob is very smart. Too smart to be a teach...
JESSICA KNOLL
My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything - even if you have no clue what yo...
JESSICA ALBA
I made sure no butt cheek hung out. You know, the original Daisy, Catherine Bach's shorts were s...
JESSICA SIMPSON
I was skeptical about doing Texas Chainsaw at first because it's such a cult classic. I'd se...
JESSICA BIEL
When you really see how much God loves you, there's no greater love than that, and I had to matc...
JESSICA WHITE
Karma comes after everyone eventually. You can't get away with screwing people over your whole life,...
JESSICA BRODY
I'm a Midwesterner! Not being able to have a cheeseburger once in a while would be torture!
JESSICA CAPSHAW
Maternal health remains a staggering challenge, particularly in the developing world. Globally, a wo...
JESSICA CAPSHAW
Is this chicken, what I have, or is this fish? I know it's tuna, but it says 'Chicken by the Sea.
JESSICA SIMPSON
Stupid kissing. Stupid roaming hands. Stupid boys.
JESSICA PARK
[Hannah:] Here is to Rylie Cates: May your pens never run out of ink, your computer never run out of...
JESSICA LAVE
I don't come from a rich family - it's not like we lived in a cardboard box, but we didn'...
JESSICA LYNCH
My first acting experience was a non-speaking role as a robot. My costume was a cardboard box covere...
JESSICA RAINE
I was raised on songs of poetry like Simon and Garfunkel and Cat Stevens and Neil Young, etc. I love...
JESSICA STEEN
I'm proud of the way I've dealt with setbacks. It's hard when you feel down and you thin...
JESSICA ENNIS
My father is Indonesian Timorese, my mother Aboriginal Australian.
JESSICA MAUBOY
The color and the diversity dies out, and it gets whiter and whiter, and that's in any field. Th...
JESSICA WILLIAMS
When you see the way some people write women, especially in studio movies, it's like, 'Sorry...
JESSICA WILLIAMS
I have a black pair of suede Jimmy Choos. I've only worn them once to a Sony event. The heels ha...
JESSICA MAUBOY
I do like potato chips, French fries and Barney's burgers in L.A. with seasoned curly fries.
JESSICA BIEL
I had my bad-boy moment in my teens. I'll never do that again. It wasn't pleasant, and I lea...
JESSICA BIEL
I have good and bad days like everyone else. I just try to be positive and surround myself with grea...
JESSICA WHITE
My Barbies were usually naked. Once, I took their heads off, cut their hair, drew on their short, sp...
JESSICA BIEL
Heartbreak has definitely been a big inspiration for me. You can write about a bad situation and jus...
JESSICA LOWNDES
I don't want to look like Daisy Duke every day. I don't want to wear a bathing suit every da...
JESSICA SIMPSON
Never refuse an assignment except when there is a conflict of interest, a potential of danger to you...
JESSICA SAVITCH
New York is where you go to catch a big fish.
JESSICA CUTLER