Stories about the ongoing dramas in our lives as we age are not being told because women find it difficult to be honest about what’s going on – about, for example, our heightened sexuality as we age or about living in a society that only values youth. Olympia Dukakis Read Quote
Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work. Olympia Dukakis Read Quote
The rest of us are still trying to find ways to live in the world with spirit-ual values. Myself included. We’ve learned certain skills, we’ve learned to prevail somewhat, but we’ve not made it over the mountain. Olympia Dukakis Read Quote
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. Olympia Dukakis Read Quote
You don’t stay married for thirty-nine years because of sex or even because of love, but because your partner is a real friend to you, because they respect and regard you. Olympia Dukakis Read Quote
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. Olympia Dukakis Read Quote
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. Olympia Dukakis Read Quote
