Kathy Acker Quotes
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Europe believes that providing clear labelling for genetically modified food is a consumer right, but such practice is absolutely opposed by the vast majority of states in the U.S.
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The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel like you're reaching people.
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I've had my heart broken and then gone out and done dumb things.
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I think sometimes women who are supposed to be strong are also written as mean and vindictive.
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I had some really dear friends who died from AIDS-one in particular. His family wasn't around and he didn't have many friends. I spent a lot of time with him in his later days.
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The more you participate in our common endeavors, the more successful your work in the factory, mine, wharf or village, in an economic institute or in the arts, in commerce or administration, the sooner we will be where we all want to be.
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One challenge in this industry is that you adopt a certain look for a movie, and then people don't get to see the movie for a year!
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I love being part of huge mega blockbusters, and I love being a part of small independent films and small stage.
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Doing Broadway was always a dream of mine since I was a little girl.
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Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.
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I'd love to have more kids. I'm one of four, and I've always dreamed of having a huge family. I've loved every second of having Sophia. It's been just the most amazing time of my life. I'd love more of it.
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I had a confused early hippie phase, which was like a cafeteria tray of sloppy, semi-Marxist thoughts, absorbed second-hand.
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Thrashing about on stage is my exercise for the day!
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Everything I do, I'm sort of half in, half out.
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A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear.
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I grew six inches in a year.
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Elton John's opinion turned the label's opinion around, all in a day.
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I've always liked all the sciences, like math, physics and biology.
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There's not too much difference between writing a picture book and writing a collection of a hundred poems or so, except that the bigger books take a lot longer to do.
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I think that, oftentimes, what people say is, 'We need an actress who'll be able to greenlight a movie,' and my counterargument to that is always that, when it comes to a teen movie, you have very few people who can greenlight a movie.
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When that happens – when risk is taken and the filmmakers dive into the subject matter without a parachute – very often what you get is something with those qualities that make it age well with the public.
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But I still don't have a clear idea of what my voice is.
