Gina Barreca Quotes - Page 2

• Humor is a show of both strength and of vulnerability: you are willing to make the first move but you are trusting in the response of your listener.

  Gina Barreca

  Moving, Humor, Firsts

  Gina Barreca (2013). “They Used to Call Me Snow White ... But I Drifted: Women's Strategic Use of Humor”, p.201, UPNE

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• Having a lean and hungry look was frowned upon in my Italian neighborhood where a girl was considered too skinny if she could make her knees touch.

  Gina Barreca

  Girl, Italian, Looks

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• If anger were mileage, I'd be a very frequent flyer, right up there in First Class.

  Gina Barreca

  Women, Anger, Class

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• Most cooks would not, for example, prepare an important, elaborate, and difficult dish on the back-burner. Neither should we relegate the cultivation and preparation of happiness for a position where it is both hard to reach and difficult to infuse with new ingredients.

  Gina Barreca

  Preparation, Important, Example

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