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Nicole Hollander, née le 25 avril 1939, est une auteure de bande dessinée américaine féministe. Son comic strip Sylvia a été diffusé dans la presse américaine de 1981 à 2012. Wikipedia  

✵ 25. avril 1939   •   Autres noms Nicole Hollanderová
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Nicole Hollander: Citations en anglais

“(Cartoon title) A cat being cured of hairballs through a television ministry. (Voice on television) Place your right paw on the screen.”

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Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p. 120

“(Man in bar) Can you imagine a world without men? (Sylvia) No crime, and lots of happy, fat women.”

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Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, pp. 212-213

“(Bartender Harry) How can you tell the male bird from the female bird? (Sylvia) He's the one with the furrowed brow; she's the happy-go-lucky one…. He's the one reading the sports page; she's the one with 12 pairs of tiny shoes. (Harry) I don't have time for this.”

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Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p. 9

“(Young girl rejecting Devil's attempt to purchase her soul) Bag your face.... You set off the smoke detector, ham breath.”

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Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p. 142

“Television news announcer) The Senate passed a bill today that would outlaw abortion unless the doctor's life is in danger. **(p. 30”

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“(Voice on television) Midol relives the special pain that women get (Sylvia) when they realize they picked the wrong man, again.”

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Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p. 48

“(Cat in bed) The Shedd Aquarium in Chicago recently identified a new species of fish…virtually extinct in the wild, and they haven't even named it yet. I dreamt I ate it.”

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Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p. 124

“(Television) Alabama's ban against vibrators stands…State says there's no constitutional right to an orgasm. (Sylvia) Rita, get my copy of the Bill of Rights. (Rita) I think that's in the Declaration of Independence.”

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Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p. 20

“(Woman on television) Frank, Frank, make me feel like a woman. (Man on television) Could you pick up my laundry?”

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Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p.173

“(Television) With men or boys at home, your bathroom needs cleaning every day. (Sylvia) Not if you bolt the door.”

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Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p. 75

“(Sylvia) I'm staying in this tub until the Soviets pull out of Afghanistan.”

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Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p. 38

“(Sylvia at typewriter) "Superwoman." The definition is 1. A woman who has supernatural powers and uses them to fight evil. 2. A woman who has supernatural powers and uses them to combine a family and a career.”

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Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p. 184

“(Television) Being a woman is as much a state of mind as a state of being. (Sylvia) Right. You stop paying attention, you might turn into a tuna.”

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Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p. 167

“(Woman) I'm curious about my demise. (Devil)…at a party…When you hear about the latest presidential betrayal on an issue you hold dear, you pitch over the terrace railing and fall 43 stories.”

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Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p. 55

“(Sylvia) Being a monopoly means never having to say you're sorry.”

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Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p.170

“(Television) The insurance industry is perfectly willing to stop discriminating against women, if some other group would volunteer to take their place.”

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“(Television) If women want time off to bear children, they can't expect to be treated as equals. (Sylvia) Okay, give men time off to bear children.”

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Variante: (Television) If women want time off to bear children, they can't expect to be treated as equals. (Sylvia) Okay, give men time off to bear children.
Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p. 26

“(Sylvia at typewriter) What is Newt Gingrich's Real Name? 1) Newton Minnow 2) Fig Newton 3) Isaac Newton 4) Wayne Newton”

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Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p. 75

“(First Bad Girl) The Southern Baptist convention decided that women should submit graciously to their husbands. (Second Bad Girl) Graciously? Seems like submitting would be enough. (First Bad Girl) Who wants submission with attitude? (Second Bad Girl) Even the IRS doesn't ask for "gracious."”

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Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p. 68

“(Man on television) Man is the hunter. Woman is the civilizing influence, and when women abandon that role, men become (Sylvia) Cranky, and start wars.”

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Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p.169

“(Television announcer) The Supreme Court staggered the nation today when they ruled that conception begins the minute you think about sex.”

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Variante: (Television announcer) The Supreme Court staggered the nation today when they ruled that conception begins the minute you think about sex. (pp. 60-61)
Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, pp. 60-61

“(Woman sitting by swimming pool) To me the most important quality in a kitchen is that it be in someone else's house, or in a restaurant.”

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Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p. 124

“(Dr. Paul Johns, animal linguist, on cats) It seems their entire language consists of two phrases, uttered with varying degrees of intensity: "Hurry that dinner, willya" and "Everything here is mine."”

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Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p. 35

“(Sylvia) A really good haircut is as effective in changing one’s life as A) 3 months of psychotherapy. B) 6 months of psychotherapy.”

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Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p. 25

“(Voice on television) Mom, can a douche make you feel more confident? (Sylvia) Not like a good stock portfolio.”

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Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p. 77

“(Television) The brain is differently wired in men and women. (Sylvia) In men, the wires are loose.”

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Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p. 26

“(Cat) So she says I can’t have catnip any more because it’s like a drug. So, like, what’s she worried about: I’m not going to do well in school or what?”

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Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p. 97

“(Sylvia FineLine greeting card) Before you showed us your financial statement, we felt poor…but after leaving your house, we felt so pumped we bought a second car!”

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Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p. 114

“(Wicked witch hexing babies) Women of future generations will have undreamt of career opportunities. You two will use yours to despoil the environment.”

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Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p. 89