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Upon the union of the male germ cell with the female egg cell, a new cell is created which almost immediately splits into two parts. One of these grows rapidly, creating the human body of the individual with all its organs, and dies only with the individual. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

#body #cell #created #creating #dies

Within each such social group, a feeling of solidarity prevails, a compelling need to work together and a joy in doing so that represent a high moral value. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

#doing #each #feeling #group #high

The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#become #center #children #longer #mother

Allow the diversity to exist. There is nothing wrong with it. Hell, we put up with the religious right-we can put up with transgendered human beings. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#beings #diversity #exist #hell #human

This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#idea #me #opposed #selfishness #unnatural

I have been a waitress, and I was a damn fine waitress too, let me tell you. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#damn #fine #i #me #tell

In families there is always the mythology. My father died when my kids were quite young still, and yet they still tell his stories. That is how a person lives on. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#died #families #father #his #how

Once I started on 'Frances' I discovered it was literally a bottomless well. It devastated me to maintain that for eighteen weeks, to be immersed in this state of rage for twelve to eighteen hours a day. It spilled all over, into other areas of my life. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#bottomless #day #devastated #discovered #eighteen

Successful model? That's a myth. The year I modeled was the most painful year of my life. Editors would always talk to you in the third person as though you were merely a piece of merchandise. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#editors #i #life #merchandise #merely

To work with a director that has emotional commitment and passion toward the characters, and the piece, and the experiences, it only enriches your work. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#commitment #director #emotional #enriches #experiences