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Olympia Dukakis

"I think it's because most of us talk one way and live another. There are a few people who truly, truly walk the talk."

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"I think it's because most of us talk one way and live another. There are a few people who truly, truly walk the talk."

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"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!"
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"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."
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"I think we have to be careful about what we label as a prerequisite for spirituality. I don't think you have to know a lot to have a spiritual life, but knowing gives life richness."
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"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."
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"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."
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"Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work."
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"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."
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