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.
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… - Olympia Dukakis
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…
- Olympia Dukakis
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 go… - Olympia Dukakis
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 go…
Follow your heart, your instincts. People might try to dissuade you from your passion, but no one can live your life but you. - Olympia Dukakis
Follow your heart, your instincts. People might try to dissuade you from your passion, but no one can live your life but you.
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… - Olympia Dukakis
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…
Stories about the ongoing dramas in our lives as we age are not being told because women find it difficult to be honest about what's going on - about… - Olympia Dukakis
Stories about the ongoing dramas in our lives as we age are not being told because women find it difficult to be honest about what's going on - about…
Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work. - Olympia Dukakis
Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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
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.
What you don't know about women is alot. - Olympia Dukakis
What you don't know about women is alot.
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… - Olympia Dukakis
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…
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