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Some of the biggest advocates for feminism seem to believe that in order to feel powerful you have to make another woman subservient, and that is not what feminism is about at all.

Tori Amos

I wanted to do something creatively, having been a beached whale for many months and nursing my daughter.
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Daughter Nursing Whale
When you don’t have people in your life pushing you, can you push yourself?
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Ask Life People Pushing
Things go wrong all the time; you can’t be precious about it.
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Precious Time Wrong
I’m a grown woman. I’ve earned my experiences, my scars.
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Grown Women Scar
I collect art books. I have hundreds and hundreds of them and they get me to start hearing things. Sometimes people look at them, but I find that visual art gets me listening, gets me hearing things.
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Art Books Hearing Things
There’s a richness to the old works if you look before the 1950s. The chord progressions and the language was more complicated, especially in the jazz and classical world.
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Jazz Complicated Looks World
As the sun sets, we’ve all had those nights where you question your choices and where your life is going.
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Choices Night Sun
These precious things, let them bleed.
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Philosophy Precious Things
I can’t believe that I would keep, keep you from flying And I would cry a thousand more if that’s what it takes to sail you home.
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Believe Flying Home
The way I see it, the men that I’m with, whoever they are, it’s like look, you have to accept the fact that I like ice cream, and I know it shows up on my hips but if you can’t accept that, then leave. Go away, toodles. It is non-negotiable.
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Away Going Ice Cream Men
I don’t allow challenges to trip me up.
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Allow Challenges Trip
Nothing’s gonna stop me from floating
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Floating Nothing Stop
You know when people smile too much? It’s painful. I find it really painful. Happy is not very reliable. I’m trying to live like, um, with a fierce calm.
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People Too Much Trying
I used to get really pissed off that my life was so dictated by when this Jesus guy was born and when he was dying every year. I felt really resentful that I couldn’t get on with my own life because I was so busy with his.
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Guy Jesus Years
People are the most fascinating mysteries I’ve ever read.
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Fascinating Mystery People
Vulnerability can be empowering as a songwriter and storyteller.
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Empowering Songwriters Storyteller

Some of the biggest advocates for feminism seem to believe that in order to feel powerful you have to make another woman subservient, and that is not what feminism is about at all.

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Some of the biggest advocates for feminism seem to believe that in order to feel powerful you have to make another woman subservient, and that is not what feminism is about at all.

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