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I wake up every day and I think, 'I'm breathing! It's a good day.'

~Eve Ensler

Topics: Breathing Day Every Every Day Good Good Day Think Up Wake Wake Up I Think

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People are sad. People are broke. People are worried about money, people are worried that they're not enough and not amounting to anything and they don't feel good about themselves. People have rough times, and everybody's pretending it's not true, and we need to break that veneer.

~Eve Ensler

Topics: About Anything Break Broke Enough Everybody Feel Feel Good Good Money Need People Pretending Rough Sad Themselves Times True Veneer Worried

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Well, the tyranny of masculinity and the tyranny of patriarchy I think has been much more deadly to men than it has to women. It hasn't killed our hearts. It's killed men's hearts. It's silenced them; it's cut them off.

~Eve Ensler

Topics: Been Cut Deadly Hearts Masculinity Men More Much Off Our Patriarchy Silenced Than Them Think Tyranny Well Women I Think

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Geography does not define you - love does.

~Eve Ensler

Topics: Define Does Geography Love You

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Why are women immobile? Because so many feel like they're waiting for someone to say, 'You're good, you're pretty, I give you permission.'

~Eve Ensler

Topics: Because Feel Give Good Like Many Permission Pretty Say Someone Waiting Why Women You

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I think theatre to some extent is always about telling stories, isn't it, and I think what I've learned is that freedom comes when you tell your story; freedom comes when you tell the truth.

~Eve Ensler

Topics: About Always Extent Freedom Learned Some Stories Story Tell Telling Theatre Think Truth You Your I Think

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If you are connected to your own internal being, it is very hard to be screwing and destroying and hurting another human being, because you'll be feeling what they're feeling. If you're separated, it's not a hard thing to do at all.

~Eve Ensler

Topics: Another Because Being Connected Destroying Feeling Hard Hard Thing Human Human Being Hurting Internal Own Screwing Separated Thing Very You Your

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I think all my work's been about how do women get back into our bodies; how do men get back. We're all disassociated.

~Eve Ensler

Topics: About Back Been Bodies Get How Men Our Think Women Work I Think

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I think violence against women in America has become ordinary - it's been made absolutely acceptable.

~Eve Ensler

Topics: Absolutely Acceptable Against America Become Been Made Ordinary Think Violence Women I Think

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I think the greatest illusion we have is that denial protects us. It's actually the biggest distortion and lie. In fact, staying asleep is what's killing us.

~Eve Ensler

Topics: Actually Asleep Biggest Denial Distortion Fact Greatest Illusion In Fact Lie Protects Staying Think Us I Think

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Playwright

Born: May 25th, 1953

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