Kathy Acker Quotes
Women need to become literary 'criminals', break the literary laws and reinvent their own, because the established laws prevent women from presenting the reality of their lives.
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I'm very proud of my love for Whitney Houston. She really changed my life. She made my life a better life. She was so beautiful in her love for God, her love for her family and her love for music. She truly loved her music. She could do everything! She had flawless rhythm, flawless pitch, flawless feeling, and flawless beauty.
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My father was an electrical contractor, while I used to deliver video cassettes on a cycle to people in Juhu and Bandra, including celebrities like Mithun Chakraborty. Mithunda remembers me and is very proud of me. He can't believe that the guy who used to come to his house in short pants has become so successful.
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The Islamist ideology took decades to incubate within our communities, and it will take decades to debunk.
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I prefer to believe it's my responsibility if a film of mine works or doesn't work.
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You don't implement change easily in Japan unless you explain very clearly why you need to do this change, how you're going to do this change and what's going to be the outcome of this change. If you offset or you forget to explain one of these three steps you're not going to do it.
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I've always dreamed of having a large family.
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There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you've been in the business.
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Free societies are societies in motion, and with motion comes friction.
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Children refuse to compromise. Adults learn how.
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Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.
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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
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I know nothing about technology.
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There's no family in America that can celebrate a victory better than the Harbaughs. You'll never hear more laughter, more storytelling, or more embellishment.
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There's this label called Neurotica by these sweet girls that have given me some lovely things to wear, and we might collaborate on making a little piece. They're really lovely, and I think they've been quite inspired by me in turn.
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Whenever I visited China in the past, the relationships always felt superficial; there was no time where I felt those moments of conflict and delight that make you feel close to another person. But since I started touring there in 2004, I would always collaborate with local musicians, and that opened up a new level of intimacy.
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I'd love to be in a feature film, and I don't just mean in a starring role - it could be a small part. And I would like to act in television, to do comedy and drama.
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I wrote Murder at the Windmill. And it was accepted and we made it and it was the first film I made with Danny Angel, well the only film I actually made... I made a lot of it at the Windmill itself.
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Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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One of the things that we hope to do with 'Pitchmen' is to give people an appreciation of what we do.
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Commercials are 20 seconds long, so you don't get to experiment with your characters. But in films, you get to try out your acting skills.
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It's weird to hear anyone call me a role model.
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I don't think it ever does any harm in any business to feel that there is someone there who cares about it. If you look at any business, fashion being the most obvious, the aura, or the reality of the designer, is part of what creates it. It's true in luxury goods stores and in good food stores. It leaves a palpable sense that someone cares.
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Without a doubt in sketch comedy there are fewer women than men.
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Women need to become literary 'criminals', break the literary laws and reinvent their own, because the established laws prevent women from presenting the reality of their lives.
