Cherrie Moraga Quotes
I am the daughter of a Chicana and anglo. I think most days I am an embarrassment to both groups. I sometimes hate the white in me so viciously that I long to forget the commitment my skin has imposed upon my life.
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When I was growing up you would see big American films that really mythologised their landscape, that really showed the vastness and the drama of their country.
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I'm a choreographer and I love watching 'The Bachelorette.'
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You want to put out a TV show? If you have the money to do it on your own, by yourself, and you have a TV network, you can do it by yourself. But the nature of the beast is, art needs finance. That's how this industry works. So until the Internet becomes our source of entertainment - and watch it, I believe it will - this is how things go.
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Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing 'Burial Rites,' I was constantly trying to see whether I could distill its extraordinary and ineffable qualities into a kind of poetry.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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Racism is unacceptable in the real world, and it's unacceptable online.
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There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.
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I have admired David Bromley's work for years. He possesses such a wild and vivid imagination and really sees the beauty in everything.
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If a topic hits me, I'll start going on it. But you can't force it.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.
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I never quit trying. I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.
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Once the call of God comes to you, start going and never stop.
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During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.
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No man has a chance to enjoy permanent success until he begins to look in a mirror for the real cause of all his mistakes.
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I am the daughter of a Chicana and anglo. I think most days I am an embarrassment to both groups. I sometimes hate the white in me so viciously that I long to forget the commitment my skin has imposed upon my life.
