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Girls should go on thinking that there is a world out there and that it is theirs for the taking. — Anne Bancroft

I'm not gonna become Ann Bancroft or Meryl Streep and have all the burden that being a "serious actress" entails. — Cher

I give a tremendous amount of weight to the mental aspect of physical activity and what it does for me. — Ann Bancroft

Addiction does not cause partner abuse, and recovery from addiction does not "cure" partner abuse. — Lundy Bancroft

Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect. — George Bancroft

To push behind the dog sled and run in front of the dog sled. That was always an interesting job. — Ann Bancroft

Institutions may crumble and governments fall, but it is only that they may renew a better youth, and mount upwards like the eagle. — George Bancroft

I have a whole, you know, pocket full of dreams I want to achieve. I don't know in which order they're going to fall. — Ann Bancroft

The public is wiser than the wisest critic. — George Bancroft

The greatest way to get most husbands to eliminar la celulitis do one thing is to suggest that perhaps they're also old to do it. — Anne Bancroft

One of the basic human rights he takes away from you is the right to be angry with him. — Lundy Bancroft

I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me. — Ann Bancroft

Ok.. So are you goin'a let him bluetube your tweeter? — Bella Bancroft

I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better. — Ann Bancroft

HE ISN'T ABUSIVE BECAUSE HE IS ANGRY; HE'S ANGRY BECAUSE HE'S ABUSIVE. — Lundy Bancroft

I'm sort of a strange bird. — Ann Bancroft

As a product of Anglo-Saxon-Protestant culture, I am familiar with its centuries-old tradition of hiding its abuse of women under pretty packaging. — Lundy Bancroft

Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible. — George Bancroft

The measure of progress of civilization is the progress of the people. — George Bancroft

Learning starts with failure. — Josiah Bancroft

Avarice is the vice of declining years. — George Bancroft

Abuse counselors say of the abusive client: When he looks at himself in the morning and sees his dirty face, he sets about washing the mirror. — Lundy Bancroft

The things we overcome in life really become our strengths. — Anne Bancroft

Bringing about change in an abuser generally requires four elements: (1) consequences, (2) education, (3) confrontation, and (4) accountability. — Lundy Bancroft

Every important journey I have undertaken has begun the same: with crushed sheets, a balled pillow, flung open books, and not a wink of sleep. — Josiah Bancroft

Slowing down reminds you that the journey is supposed to be fun. — Anne Bancroft

I'm Kristin Ortega, Organic Damage Division. Bancroft was my case. — Richard K. Morgan

The author of haiku should be absent, and only the haiku present. — Anne Bancroft

So I think you have to marry for the right reasons, and marry the right person. — Anne Bancroft

Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine. — George Bancroft

It's really important that, as women, we tell our stories. That is what helps seed our imaginations. — Anne Bancroft

Suffering became a door for me into the presence of Christ as he really is, not as I expected him to be. — Barbara Bancroft

I'd never had so much pleasure with another human being. — Anne Bancroft

Abusers drive wedges between people, by accident or by design. — Lundy Bancroft

Abusers thrive on creating confusion, including confusion about the abuse itself. — Lundy Bancroft

Even beauty diminishes with study. It is better to glance than gawk. — Josiah Bancroft

My favorite actresses were Geraldine Paige, Anne Bancroft and Kim Stanley. — Sally Kirkland

-He drives recklessly or speeds up when he's angry.
-He punches walls or kicks doors.
-He throws things around, even if they don't hit you. — Lundy Bancroft

By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy. — George Bancroft

Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape. — George Bancroft

I do not think about being beautiful. What I devote most of my time to is being healthy. — Ann Bancroft

Skydiving is something I've never done! And I am very excited to take the leap with a community of like-minded courageous women. — Ann Bancroft

Ennui is the desire of activity without the fit means of gratifying the desire. — George Bancroft

Everyone in my family is a risk taker in his or her own way. — Ann Bancroft

We shouldn't have to go around congratulating each other for behaving with basic human dignity. — Josiah Bancroft

Abuse is not caused by bad relationship dynamics. — Lundy Bancroft

I can't solve his problems, and it's not my fault that he thinks I should. — Lundy Bancroft

Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement. — George Bancroft

If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is the nearest criterion of truth. — George Bancroft

Never believe a man's claim that he has to harm his partner in order to protect her; only abusers think this way. — Lundy Bancroft

Getting through high school and college was one of my greatest achievements. — Ann Bancroft

My heart flutters whenever I hear his key
Turning int he door, and I think to myself,
Oh goody, the party is about to begin. — Anne Bancroft

She had to rediscover fear and, tucked somewhere inside that fear, life. — Josiah Bancroft

In short, the abusive mentality is the mentality of oppression. — Lundy Bancroft

Zen is not interested in high-flown statements; it wants its pupil to bite his apple and not discuss it. — Anne Bancroft

I loved playing Anne Bancroft, because she was so wonderfully arch. — Marcia Gay Harden

Running is my bedrock activity. — Ann Bancroft

If hours did not hang heavy, what would become of scandal? — George Bancroft

My first expedition was at about the age of eight. — Ann Bancroft

I had been very close to Anne Bancroft when we worked together in The Miracle Worker. — Patty Duke

Whatever Marya's state, whatever mine, I will find her, and I will carry her home. — Josiah Bancroft

Not in vain has Lincoln lived, for he has helped to make this republic an example of justice, with no caste but the caste of humanity. — George Bancroft

The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another. — George Bancroft

Libraries collect the works of genius of every language and every age. — George Bancroft

In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person. — George Bancroft

Style is the gossamer on which the seeds of truth float through the world. — George Bancroft

The best way to get most husbands to do something is to suggest that perhaps they're too old to do it. — Ann Bancroft

The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chain; for that the rains might rust, or the falling tree might break. — George Bancroft

Growing up in a rural setting in Minnesota, I was raised with the outdoors and a sense of adventure. — Ann Bancroft

I find the name of Jesus Christ written on the top of every page of modern history. — George Bancroft

Abuse and respect are diametric opposites: You do not respect someone whom you abuse, and you do not abuse someone whom you respect. — Lundy Bancroft

He believed true love was more like an education: it was deep and subtle and never complete. The — Josiah Bancroft

I don't quite jump for joy, but I am awfully glad to see him. — Anne Bancroft

It [Calvinism] established a religion without a prelate, a government without a king. — George Bancroft

The voices of women need to be heard. The volume needs to be turned up. — Ann Bancroft

Some people feel threatened by the concept that abuse is a solvable problem, because if it is, there's no excuse for not solving it. — Lundy Bancroft