Walter Kirn Quotes
A loving mother–son relationship is always a plot or outwitting of some kind. 'Don't tell anyone, but...' my mother was always saying to me – when I wasn't saying it to her.Walter Kirn
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In terms of my involvement in 'don't ask, don't tell' and marriage equality and anti-bullying and social emotional learning in schools - these are all things that arise out of my relationship with the world and with my fans.
Lady Gaga -
The essential relationship across American history between black people and white people is one of exploitation and one of plunder. This is not, you know, necessarily about, you know, whether you're a good person or not or whether you see black people, you know, on the street, and you're willing to shake their hands and be polite.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
The antagonisms between men and women express themselves in the most delicate phase of their life together - in their sexual relationship.
C. L. R. James -
When I first came out, country wouldn't touch me because I was way too rock, and rock wouldn't touch me because I was definitely country.
Carlene Carter -
I'm so happy to be in a committed relationship.
Adam Lambert -
I hear a lot of 'Top Model' girls say they are dismissed by clients because they recognize them, but it never happened to me.
Fatima Siad
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
Octavia E. Butler -
I am a fashion designer, so I guess that makes me an overpacker.
L'Wren Scott -
My biggest nightmare is I'm driving home and get sick and go to hospital. I say: 'Please help me.' And the people say: 'Hey, you look like...' And I'm dying while they're wondering whether I'm Barbra Streisand.
Barbra Streisand -
I realize now that I've hoped to be great - as an actress, as a mother - because I want to embody the greatness of women who didn't get to be all they could have been. Their dignity, their courage, and their brilliance make me strive to be better. They're a part of me.
Salma Hayek -
My father is a very successful man in the corporate world, and I am his only son. He had certain dreams for me. I was scared to tell him that I wanted to be an actor.
Ram Kapoor -
I'm a rational person, and I'm not a method actor. You don't need to call me by my character's name while I'm not shooting.
Zana Marjanovic
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These funerals always appear to me the more indecent in a populous city, from the total indifference of the beholders, and the perfect unconcern with which they are beheld.
Karl Philipp Moritz -
I'm done with men... I'm going to be alone. I have no luck with relationships. I don't think I'm made for marriage.
Halle Berry -
I took this 'how to build computers' course basically because I'm sick and tired of getting ripped off by cheesy computer companies. Software baffles me. I like hardware. I used to change my own oil, and now I want to build my own computer so I can have what I want.
Pat Cadigan -
There's not a blueprint for me to follow.
Adam Lambert -
When you do acoustic shows, there's always a more intimate vibe. I go into them with lowered expectations and assume that people don't want to hear me.
Verite -
I loved my life, but my choices were overloading and overwhelming me. Listening to inner feelings and fulfilling some of these urges when they come along is incredibly important.
Pamela Stephenson
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At 18, I finally came into a relationship with a record label. My family got back on its feet. I was happy.
Christine Flores -
My arm is real tired because my hand has been extended for six months. Two weeks ago I said that Wilkinson was trying to drive a wedge in our relationship, now this has driven a stake into my heart.
Larry Burns -
I want to work with great directors and tell great stories - storytelling is the one great love of my life, and it means so much, and we have the ability to change the world by telling stories, and I want to keep doing that.
Kelly Marie Tran -
It makes me happy to work. And it makes me a better mother to be a happy person.
Cheryl Hines -
If I were to limit myself to the opportunities that were presented playing only Chinese-American parts, I would be virtually without a career.
B. D. Wong -
A loving mother–son relationship is always a plot or outwitting of some kind. 'Don't tell anyone, but...' my mother was always saying to me – when I wasn't saying it to her.
Walter Kirn