A Quote by Carrie Jones

I’m not a damsel and there is no distress — © Carrie Jones
I’m not a damsel and there is no distress

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I'd never been a good damsel in distress. I was a "hands-on" damsel.
When I look around the world, I don't see too many damsels in distress. If they're a damsel in distress, they're manipulating some guy to help them.
Mosca said nothing. The word ‘damsel’ rankled with her. She suddenly thought of the clawed girl from the night before, jumping the filch on an icy street. Much the same age and build as Beamabeth, and far more beleaguered. What made a girl a ‘damsel in distress’? Were they not allowed claws? Mosca had a hunch that if all damsels had claws they would spend a lot less time ‘in distress’.
I don't damsel well. Distress, I can do. Damseling? Not so much.
The idea of the damsel in distress is fast becoming obsolete.
This isn't a romance. You're not a damsel in distress and I'm not the handsome prince come to save you.
I might be the only chick in the group, but that didn't make me the damsel in distress.
I don't do damsel in distress very well. It's hard for me to play a victim.
I just don't want to be the damsel in distress. I'll scream on the balcony, but you've got to let me do a little action here.
So are you going to be my knight in shining armor or what?' Kent does a little bow. 'You know I can't resist a damsel in distress.
What makes you think I'm giving you a ride?” “Because I'm a damsel in distress,” she said. “And you are a knight in whatever. A really dirty car.
I think that young women and little girls need to see that they don't have to be the damsel in distress. They don't have to not show their strength. They don't have to be whatever the stereotype is or the tropes that we go to in our minds.
The first one I did was an action film with Sammo Hung and George Lam, but I had the usual female role for that time: you know, damsel in distress, rescued by the hero.
The media had built my perception of being a strong woman because of my personal life. I wanted to play the damsel in distress, but I wasn't given an opportunity to explore that kind of a character.
Remember that you are not a damsel in distress, waiting for some prince to rescue you. Forget that prince. With your brain and your resourcefulness, you can rescue yourself.
I would like to do an action film, and in which I am doing the action. I don't want to be a damsel in distress. I want to be a superhero. I would love to do that.
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