Dodie Smith (1896–1990) English novelist and playwright
Source: The Town in Bloom
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, Fourth Edition (2015)
Dodie Smith (1896–1990) English novelist and playwright
Source: The Town in Bloom
“My father was a statesman, I'm a political woman. My father was a saint. I'm not.”
Indíra Gándhí (1917–1984) Indian politician and Prime Minister
Quoted in "Indira's Coup," profile by Oriana Fallaci, The New York Review of Books (September 18, 1975).
Cary Grant (1904–1986) British-American film and stage actor
As quoted in "Quotable Cary" at American Masters (25 May 2005)
Source: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33680672/the-los-angeles-times/ "Cary Grant: Doing What Comes naturally,"
William Cobbett (1763–1835) English pamphleteer, farmer and journalist
Source: The Autobiography of William Cobbett (1933), Ch. 8, p. 99.
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
Statement c. 1962, as quoted in Marilyn (1992) by Peter Harry Brown and Patte B. Barham, Ch. 30
Variant: I'm a failure as a woman. My men expect so much of me, because of the image they've made of me — and that I've made of myself — as a sex symbol. They expect bells to ring and whistles to whistle, but my anatomy is the same as any other woman's and I can't live up to it.
Claude Monet (1840–1926) French impressionist painter
As quoted in Claude Monet: Les Nymphéas (1926) by Georges Clemenceau, Ch. 2.
1920 - 1926
“My prosecution has been unjust. My arrest was a political decision. I remain a political hostage.”
Selahattin Demirtaş (1973) Turkish Kurdish politician
I Am Running for President in Turkey. From My Prison Cell. (2018)