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Top Olympia Dukakis Quotes

Browse top 14 most favorite famous quotes and sayings by Olympia Dukakis.

Favorite Olympia Dukakis Quotes

1. "I think we're socialized out of being women, and then we have to find our way back to it. That's hard to do." ~ Olympia Dukakis
2. "Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work." ~ Olympia Dukakis
3. "Winning is everything in Hollywood." ~ Olympia Dukakis
4. "God is not something I think about but something I experience as an energy, a Presence. I do find it easier to pray to a female Presence or an androgynous Presence." ~ Olympia Dukakis
5. "I feel it most in my work, because there aren't roles about women who are spiritually evolving. That anyone would even write something like that, something that's worth doing, would be a miracle!" ~ Olympia Dukakis
6. "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." ~ Olympia Dukakis
7. "So I constantly play women who are damaged and out of touch, who are seeking without knowing, or knowing without the skills to transform their lives. But then, that's really the fate of many women today." ~ Olympia Dukakis
8. "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, for example, our heightened sexuality as we age or about living in a society that only values youth." ~ Olympia Dukakis
9. "You don't stay married for thirty-nine years because of sex or even because of love, but because your partner is a real friend to you, because they respect and regard you." ~ Olympia Dukakis
10. "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 man, all make it hard for a woman to do what she really believes is right for her." ~ Olympia Dukakis
11. "My husband is a fall-away Catholic, but with a vengeance. He's actually more of a feminist than I am." ~ Olympia Dukakis
12. "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 got from their mother - and I absolutely refused to believe women carry Original Sin." ~ Olympia Dukakis
13. "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 Mary." ~ Olympia Dukakis
14. "I sometimes truly despair at ever being meaningfully altered and affected by the things I claim are so important to me." ~ Olympia Dukakis

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