Zoe Lister-Jones

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Women always try to see the one good part of The Weird Guy because the dating landscape is so bleak. Women will say, 'He's very odd, but he likes to cook. He's creepy, but he makes good pancakes!'
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Collection: Dating
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In most movies there is a Prince Charming who rides up and saves the girl.
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I love a good massage, and they gotta go deep.
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I think a lot of people, especially women, feel like to be whole, you need to find part of yourself in another person - probably because of the fables we're told as kids.
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There's a lot of people desperately seeking to find 'the one,' and I think we should learn to be more at peace with ourselves.
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I think women are really self-analytical in a way that men aren't.
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See, I will always shop, and that's sort of a problem. Clothes are always exploding out of my closet!
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I think growing up in New York, you see so much at such a young age, there's no bubble to escape into.
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I think all our characters are an amalgam of people we know in our world and ourselves.
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Most actors and actresses are performative as people.
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I guess actors are very sensitive people. We're porous.
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I've always been a writer, and in high school, I was the editor of my school newspaper and I got a writing scholarship. It's always been a passion of mine.
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I have a hard time waiting for things to happen.
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There's no shame in owning a New Kids on the Block t-shirt. They were my first concert when I was eight.
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We are very puritan in America. We still hold true to these really antiquated values, this idea of the sanctity of marriage.
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It's human nature to want to be with other people.
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I'm a big lipstick girl - I'm old school that way.
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I spent my teens and early 20s shopping almost exclusively at thrift stores.
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I'm a health-food junkie, so all of my food is a splurge, money-wise!
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In my view, relationship movies never get old because humanity will never not be confounded by their relationships.
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I think 'Girls' is pretty brilliant.
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Nobody's life is wrapped up neatly in a bow.
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I love 'Husbands and Wives,' Woody Allen's movie. It's like one of my all-time favorites. I could watch it over and over again.
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Most single women have been in that situation where there is a silent guy in your group. You don't see him as boyfriend material. He's just there, but you know all the same people.
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Being a single woman is like going off to war.
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For any couple, once you delve into the idea of non-monogamy, you're entering pretty frightening territory.
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My parents have always been very open.
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The secret to a long-lasting relationship is perpetually imagining the worst. It's a world view tracing back to my Eastern European ancestry and one I draw upon regularly.
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GMOs are found in nearly 80% of processed food in the United States. Currently, up to 92% of U.S. corn is consumed what are you eating GMO with zoe lister-jonesgenetically engineered, as are 94% of soybeans and 94% of cotton. In short, they are everywhere.
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Collection: Gmos
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As artists, it's really important to take time to see what other art is happening and to know what's happening in the world.
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Collection: Artist
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I think the dangers of the impact of GMOs on the environment are undebatable. Genetically modified crops are tied to the chemicals sprayed on them.
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Collection: Thinking
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It's always fun to play characters that are different from me.
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Collection: Fun
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I think "Girls" is pretty brilliant.
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Collection: Girl
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I try to make a lot of time for friends and family because I think that's really important and for pleasurable experiences.
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Collection: Thinking
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Theater is a really exciting place to return to all the time because it's incredible training for an actor.
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Collection: Training
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I do think it's important to be honest about your feelings in a long term relationship because it's totally human to be attracted to other people. It's just about what you do about that attraction.
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Collection: Thinking
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I've been an audience member for friends in plays that I don't enjoy and I have to lie to their faces. It's just part of that lifestyle unfortunately, especially in New York.
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Collection: New York
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I’m a big lipstick girl- I’m old school that way.
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Collection: Girl
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I think a lot of women, in the way that they might attach emotion to sex, attach emotion to food, in a different way than men.
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Collection: Sex
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My mom's a great cook but I wasn't really allowed a lot of sugar or junk. That has served me well in my life.
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Collection: Mom
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The fact is, some of the most respected scientific bodies in the world, including Codex Alimentarius (jointly run by the World Health Organization and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations), the American Medical Association, the British Medical Association, and the American Public Health Association, have stated that more research needs to be done on GMOs through premarket safety assessments before we can truthfully determine their safety.
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Collection: Running
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I come from a long line of women who like shoes to a fault.
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Collection: Shoes
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There are emotional ties to family that are connected to the sexual experience for women that are very different than men which does make it harder for women to date and not get hurt.
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Collection: Hurt
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For the most part, for me and my friends, there's always an emotional attachment that clouds women's judgment.
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Collection: Emotional
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I think a big misconception about GMOs is that there is a scientific consensus on their safety.
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Collection: Thinking
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The Grocery Manufacturers Association is behind the bills which have been trying to pre-empt states' labeling laws in the Senate. And they have a lot of money and power in Washington. So it's a classic David versus Goliath story, where corporate lobbying outweighs consumers' rights.
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Collection: Law
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Because GMOs aren't labeled, it's very hard to prove causality in terms of health effects. It's even more difficult because the seeds are patented, so independent researchers have a hard time gaining access to them.
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Collection: Independent
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At this moment, glyphosate is the biggest threat. And because of its overuse, we are seeing the emergence of superweeds, which have grown resistant to glyphosate. This has led to biotech corporations developing even more toxic herbicides, including 2,4-D, one of the main components of Agent Orange.
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Collection: Orange
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As consumers, we can buy organic and non-GMO verified products, so look out for those labels when shopping!
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Collection: Shopping
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There are a lot of great organizations who are fighting for food and environmental safety in this country. The Environmental Working Group, Just Label It, Food Democracy Now, and the Center for Food Safety, to name a few.
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Collection: Country