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All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#coming #death #end #freedom #haunt

When I joined Granada - which, you don't want to start crying about these things, but Granada was a very, very hot place to be, it was my good fortune to be there at that time - the BBC was firmly asleep. ↗

— Michael Apted

#asleep #bbc #crying #firmly #fortune

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. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#although #ancient #ancient times #born #catholic

Giving women education, work, the ability to control their own income, inherit and own property, benefits the society. If a woman is empowered, her children and her family will be better off. If families prosper, the village prospers, and eventually so does the whole country. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#benefits #better #better off #children #control

I try to let go of the intellect and just tell the story. I only read the page I have in front of me on the screen. Then when the whole story is told, I print it, wait a week and read it. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#go #i #intellect #just #let go

I've been a story-teller all my life but I realized it only recently. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#i #life #my life #only #realized

If this world is going to be a better place for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren, it will be women who make it so. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#better place #going #grandchildren #make #our

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#great talent #power #such #talent #thing

I don't believe you have to have eating disorders and mental illness to screw up. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#disorders #eating #i #illness #mental

I don't like psychiatry. I don't believe it works. I believe psychiatrists are neurotic or psychotic, for the most part. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#i #i believe #like #most #neurotic