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" I'm not attracted to dangerous men. I'm attracted, apparently, to height. One ex was 6'6; the one before was 6'4, then 6'3. I like freakishly tall people. "
Rose McGowan
Dangerous
Height
Men
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" My focus isn't Hollywood; my focus is using Hollywood as an example. Because what happens here does happen everywhere. It's just a really concentrated and tense version here. "
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" I say, 'Be brave. Do it even if your ankles shake, because they will.' "
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" What I do with my work is, I give women permission to be angry. Because that's our right. Because it's an emotion. Because it's been taken away from us. Because we've been silenced. "
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" I don't know what it's like to get to face down my attacker in court, but I do know that they lie. "
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