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Scapegoating will go on forever. We need someone to blame – illegal immigrants, single moms, people in prison. We need someone to victimize.

Winona Ryder

I was regarded as the school freak which further reinforced a lot of inhibitions and doubts I had about myself. I was a shy, frightened teenager for a long time.
WINONA RYDER

Doubt Myself Regard Scare School Time
Break-ups are hard for anybody, but it’s particularly tough when it’s being documented and you see the person’s picture everywhere. Most people don’t have that added problem when they break up with someone.
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Break Up Hard Person Picture Problem Tough
I am not a person who can really sit around and think about regrets because with every bad experience that you have, there is weirdly something good that comes from it.
WINONA RYDER

Bad Experience Goodness Person Regret Thinking Weird
I remember the whole thing with the word ambition. I was messed up for a while because I associated it with certain people who just want to be famous. I think, for a while, it was kind of a dirty word for women.
WINONA RYDER

Ambition Dirty Famous Kind Mess Myself People Remember Woman Word
I was inspired by lots of people, certainly in acting and in writing and stuff, but I never wanted to be somebody else.
WINONA RYDER

Act Inspirational Myself People Writing
I would love to someday do a play. I did one when I was very young in San Francisco, where I grew up. A girl can dream.
WINONA RYDER

Dreams Growth Love Myself Play Woman Young
I think it’s really important to have a life outside of this [movie] business and just be the best person you can be.
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Best Business Important Life Movie Myself Personal
The older you get, the more yourself you can be and the less worried you are about what other people think.
WINONA RYDER

Old People Thinking Worry Yourself
You go through spells where you feel that maybe you’re too sensitive for this world. I certainly felt that.
WINONA RYDER

Feeling Sensitive Talk World Yourself
It’s an indication of how cynical our society has become that any kind of love story with a sad theme is automatically ridiculed as sentimental junk.
WINONA RYDER

Emotion Kind Love Ourselves Sad Society Story
I love photography and first editions. I have that in my genes. My father was an archivist.
WINONA RYDER

Father Love Myself Photograph
I was very depressed after breaking off my engagement with Johnny ten years ago. I was embarrassingly dramatic at the time, but you have to remember I was only 19 years old.
WINONA RYDER

Age Break Depression Drama Engagement Remember Yourself
I’ve learned that it’s OK to be flawed, that life can be messy, that some days you glide and some days you fall, but most important, that there are no secret answers out there.
WINONA RYDER

Fall Flaw Important Learning Life Myself Secret
Society makes suicide so romantic.
WINONA RYDER

Fake Movie Romantic Society Suicide
I try to just pay attention to what I’m feeling. If something is scary to me, then that’s sometimes a good sign – although, sometimes it’s not.
WINONA RYDER

Attention Feeling Goodness Myself Pay Scare Try
Remember, I’m the kind of kid who used to get stuffed into a locker by school bullies. I’ve never felt like I’m a big star at any level of my life.
WINONA RYDER

Big Children Kind Life Myself Remember School Stardom

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Scapegoating will go on forever. We need someone to blame – illegal immigrants, single moms, people in prison. We need someone to victimize.

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