Women Born In The 1960s

"Let’s use the words people are uncomfortable using – lesbian, gay"

"“I decided to come out during the interview process so that I wasn’t going into it with any secrets. I just brought it up with the group CEO and he was fine. You think, why did it take so long? That’s why I encourage everyone to do it.”"

"It’s not about me. It’s about what you do for other people. For me, it’s so important because you need these role models."

"“You spend half your energy hiding the reality, leading a dual life, making excuses. There’s a lovely story about someone in the industry who was born male and was male at work but had a female persona in her personal life. She was outed because of technology linking Facebook photos and her iPhone. After years of being a man at work but actually being a woman it was fantastic. Everybody was supportive; she’s never looked back.”"

"“People are a bit reluctant to reveal what is going on in their world. And others are nervous talking about it because they don’t know what to say and don’t want to look silly.”"

"It is essential that all efforts are put in place for communities to co-exist peacefully and for all grievances to be addressed constructively and peacefully, as much in the region itself as in all the countries and regions where the ongoing hostilities continue having an impact."

"Accountability constitutes an essential prerequisite for prevention and must be prioritized as such."

"Civilians should never pay the price of a conflict for which they bear no responsibility. Their most basic rights must be protected and preserved, and their humanitarian needs must be met."

"I'm always writing essays—eight hundred words on owning a for a newspaper in London, my ten favorite books of the year for a magazine in Australia, an introduction for a newly reissued classic, maybe a little piece about dogs. Essays never filled my days, but they reminded me that I was still a writer when I wasn't writing a novel."

"“We were all standing there waiting on the photographer,” my father told me later on the phone. “And Mike said, ‘You know what she’s doing, don’t you? She’s going to wait until the three of us are dead and then she’s going to write about us. This is the picture that will run with the piece.’ ” My father said that the idea hadn’t occurred to him, and it wouldn’t have occurred to Darrell, but, as soon as Mike said it, they knew he was right. He was right. That was exactly what I meant to do. That is exactly what I’m doing now."

"In ', talked about how she spent her childhood thinking that real life would start after the surgeries stopped."

"If all fairy tales begin "Once upon a time," then all graduation speeches begin "When I was sitting where you are now." We may not always say it, at least not in those exact words, but it's what graduation speakers are thinking. We look out at the sea of you and think, Isn't there some mistake? I should still be sitting there. I was that young fifteen minutes ago, I was that beautiful and lost."

"The years spent in the freelance trenches eventually paid off; I would go on to have some remarkable assignments. I've toured the great s of Italy, gone on a mock honeymoon in Hawaii, driven an across the , all on someone else's dime. Whenever people ask how they can get those same kinds of assignments, I recommend what worked for me: eight years writing freelance articles for ."

"Patchett is interested in how people, in families and elsewhere, come to terms with painful circumstances; how they press beauty from constraint, assuming artificial or arbitrary roles that then become naturalized, like features of the landscape."

"Ventura is the only television star dressed by two designers at the same time. From the neck down to the knees, she wears Dolce & Gabbana, and from the knees down, she wears orthopaedic garments by Mario Gualerzi of Castiglion dei Pepoli."

"To be allowed on television, you have to belong to the new television species created during the Berlusconi years, but which is still in vogue. The figure of the paraculo, yes, write it down, the one who never takes sides, who blends in, who makes indifference his banner. [...] Names and surnames, as I do in show business. Bonolis, who declares that he feels neither right nor left, Fabio Volo, who boasts of being indifferent, Simona Ventura, who defines herself as equidistant, candidly adding that she worked at Mediaset while being pursued by rumours that she was Galliani's lover and that she let him believe it. [...] Gene Gnocchi, Fiorello, Fabio Fazio, Baudo himself. [...] They are the heroes of TV opportunism, the ones with the glossy masks. They work on the condition that they do not disturb, not realising that opportunism is a form of corruption."

"The problem with Cuccarini is that she is not as cynical as Maria De Filippi nor as chaotic as Simona Ventura. She truly believes in dancing, commitment and talent. At times, she risks becoming overly emotionally involved in the stories told by the contestants."

"Interviewer: Do you still divide people into two categories: good people and cockroaches? Simona Ventura: I divide them into two categories: good people and bad people. I don't fight people who are not decent, I just watch and move on."

"One hundred years after the first Futurist manifesto, Simona Ventura demonstrates the vitality of that movement. She sets television alight just as Marinetti set theatre evenings alight, sparking fights and taming them at the same time. Thirty seconds of Simona's free-wheeling commentary on air make Carlo Conti's well-mannered phrases and Barbara d'Urso's flirtatious introductions seem cloyingly academic. They become insipid and convoluted, obsolete and unpalatable, like the poems of Pascoli and Carducci."

"‘Absolutely yes’: Simona Ventura is no longer capable of saying “yes” or ‘no’. Like all children, and like Fedro from Grande Fratello, she feels the need to add the reinforcing adverb, even in contexts where it is totally unnecessary. This was pointed out to her yesterday during Quelli che il calcio. In a single evening, she managed to reach record heights; and yesterday she didn't hold back, closing the programme and handing over to q:it:Enrico Varriale with an ‘absolutely yes’."

"My life is a diet. I should weigh around 60 kilos, size 42. If I go down to 59 kilos, my face falls. If I go up to 63 kilos, I look like a whale on TV. My problem is my bottom. And then my clothes."

"I am a showgirl, I have to be spectacular. I hate women who play it minimalist on television."

"A presenter is always a presenter; you must be credible and authoritative. Recording allows you to cut out dead time and give rhythm, but that doesn't mean that anyone can present. The narrator must be at the service of the programme and accompany the viewer."

"I like risky projects, I'm a soldier, not a general. I don't sit around waiting for phone calls, the things I'm given aren't easy. The fear of not being there, no, my past speaks for me and you can't erase it. I like to put myself out there, challenges are won and lost."

"I've always been distant from politics. I'm extremely apolitical."

"There's no point in worrying. Every time the government changes, the Rai changes."

"If you're not smart, how can you survive in this world?"

"Ours is a satirical programme. The important thing is that satire attacks power wherever it comes from. In Rome they say: whoever's turn it is, doesn't sulk. (talking about Quelli che il calcio)"

"The Isola dei famosi where I invested my passion, blood, work and sweat has become something else, a kind of "Grande Fratello on the beach”."

"(About the Sanremo Music Festival 2004) The record companies wanted to destroy the event [...]. They didn't send any singers, they were all young people, almost all unknown or not signed to record companies. Marco Masini, who won with “Uomo volante”, was not signed to a record label at the time. [...] It was a precursor to today's talent shows, and with hindsight it is recognised as very innovative. [...] It was a train that passed by and I jumped on with my eyes closed. I knew there wouldn't be many opportunities. Sanremo gives you your presenter's licence, even if it was a very difficult, extremely difficult Sanremo."

"[...] I am the most impartial person in the world. I have intrinsic, automatic equality."

"I would give up beauty. But then no one would want me anymore."

"At the age of nineteen, after my first sexual encounter, I became pregnant. I decided to have an abortion, a difficult choice that I would never make again in my life. It was a traumatic experience that happened just a few months before my final exams. My father still does not know, and the father of that child will never know."

"I want to work and live in peace. Does my product work? I'm here. Does my product not work? I'll open a pizzeria. That's it."

"I had a lot of red carpet treatment at Mediaset even though I was the last wheel on the bus. They even gave me better food in the canteen. The guys from Gialappa's tormented me: sing, talk, is it true or isn't it true?"

"In the past 50 years, hundreds of foreign scientists have earned their doctorates using the fossilized dinosaur discoveries found in the Mongolian Gobi. Today, all these findings have become the main marketing highlights of many museums around the world, continuing to attract streams of tourists."

"People often think that science is far removed from everyday life. But in reality, science is one of the foundations of our existence. For example, birds are a type of dinosaur. Only through detailed research can we determine the causes of climate change, the frequency of natural disasters, and changes in animals’ habitats. When a lake dries up, the mud at the bottom hardens, and the animals living there die off."

"Millions of years later, science proves from those rocks that a lake once existed there. Therefore, science is not about memorizing facts, but rather a path of discovery that begins with the question “why.” While people applaud the results, understanding the methodology that produced them is even more valuable."

"There are some issues that transcend politics. While my position is certainly political, I am an American first. There should never be a day in the United States of America when people are excluded based solely on their race or religion. It is un-Republican. It is unconstitutional. And it is un-American."

"Interviewer asked, "...This is something Donald Trump has talked about. The DOJ maybe releasing the list of Jeffrey Epstein's clients? Will that really happen?""

"Since you have been in office President Trump, your DOJ agencies have seized more than 22 million fentanyl pills, 3,400 kilos of fentanyl, since your last hundred days. Which saved — are you ready for this, media? — 258 million lives."

"Today is Fentanyl Awareness day. In President Trump’s first 100 days we’ve seized over 22 million fentanyl laced pills, saving over 119 Million lives."

"We’ve also seen both municipal officials and those who work with the public transportation system release statements to respond to certain criticisms posted on the group. We think that is fairly brave of them. It is also a space to let people know what their friends and neighbours find inconsiderate behaviour, like parking a car on a pavement or blocking pedestrian crossings"

"Aside from that, I really hope that this group can help people feel more tied to their city and to be more invested in caring for it"

"Quite a few journalists follow our page so that brings some media attention to issues that affect a large number of Casablanca residents. Recently, for example, there were debates on the state of the beaches around Casablanca and the people who take over various sections and illegally force beachgoers to pay if they want to swim or sunbathe there"

"There are four main themes of discussion on this group: the management of rubbish and city cleanliness, public transportation, the use of public space, and security"

"As this group has gained a wider following, it has resulted in some changes. Fairly often, someone will post something about a pile-up of rubbish in their neighbourhood. People start to comment on it and share it. Then, soon after, city workers come and deal with the issue"

"Before COVID-19 shuttered the state Capitol, she was known for cruising the hallways, making friendly conversation with lobbyists, Republicans and reporters as she went. She would compliment someone’s new glasses. She would take the time to write a handwritten note of congratulations for the birth of a baby."

"She’s affable; a people person who sometimes spiced up her talk of legislative agenda with quirky colloquialisms — like warning people to wear their metal underpants when times get tough and promising her constituents she’ll GSD – Brown-speak for “get stuff done."

"I think the challenge with being bi or pan is that the dominant culture sees this as a choice, and it’s hard to explain to people that this is not a choice. This is who I am and I know that. And so I've had conversations with family members; I've had conversations with supporters that this is who I am and my marital status doesn't change that."