My genes, my love, are rubber bands and rope; make yourself a structure you can live inside. Amen. … - Aimee Bender

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I do not demand equal pay for any women save those who do equal work in value. Scorn to be coddled by your employers; make them understand that you are in their service as workers, not as women.

Aimee Bender

My genes, my love, are rubber bands and rope; make yourself a structure you can live inside. Amen. " — Aimee Bender (Willful Creatures: Stories)

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But I loved George in part because he believed me; because if I stood in a cold, plain room and yelled FIRE, he would walk over and ask me why.

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When the light at Vernon turned green, we stepped into the street and George grabbed my hand and the ghosts of our younger selves crossed with us.

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I want to be violated by insight.

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I don't think so, I don't agree. The most unbearable thing I think by far, she said, is hope.

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We're all getting too smart. Our brains are just getting bigger and bigger, and the world dries up and dies when there's too much thought and not enough heart.

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I do not demand equal pay for any women save those who do equal work in value. Scorn to be coddled by your employers; make them understand that you are in their service as workers, not as women.

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Beth Riesgraf

It's important for me to play women who can overcome adversity, make change, and take control of their lives. I think it's a great time for women in TV and film in general, and I want to help tell these stories.

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I am alone; all drowns in the Pharisees' hypocrisy. To live your life is not as simple as to cross a field.

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