Kay Redfield Jamison Quotes
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My activism and sexual revolution in New York was a factor.
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I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times.
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My mind is vacant on names, but I know him as well as anything. When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.
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In time we grow older, we grow wiser, we grow smarter, and we're better. And I feel like I'm becoming more seasoned, although I don't have my salt-and-pepper hair.
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What is needed in the theater, in fact for all our art forms, is a vibrant critical tradition.
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I love meeting interesting people and doing things with them.
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The homosexual community has more acceptance in America than it ever has, and the suicide rate is as high as it's always been.
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Beijing, much as it has done with Hong Kong, persists in equating 'people power' with instability.
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All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.
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In the past, kids didn't tell their parents they were gay, so there were never the bust-ups. Some parents react so strongly to the news that their children are gay that the reaction is, 'Get out of our house.' There's a residue of old prejudices that are going to die hard.
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When we have sealed the outer border and thus stopped the illegal migration, we can talk about any solution.
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I am just an actor, but there are these other people who are really selfless. I come from a long line of nurses in my family, and they really do a thankless job.
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Stereotypical vegetarian food looks gray and brown.
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We all love to be admired and given compliments, but I don't really keep track.
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What I love about Tadashi is that he isn't a designer that designs only for a double-zero. He designs for double-Ds, you know? Women of all shapes and sizes can wear him.
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I knew that life isn't always just about the Olympic gold medals and the sponsors.
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The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.
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In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.
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I will never say never, but I can tell you right now - I am perfectly happy with being who I am. I just - I really - I'm an entertainer, and the thing that I'd decided to work on was my career, and I decided the energy that I was putting in certain relationships - I was really kind of wasting my time, and I knew it.
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Some borrowers are pretty damn good at fraud.
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Men must attempt to develop in themselves and their children liberation from the sense of self. Men must be free from boundaries, patterns and consistencies in order to be free to think, feel and create in new ways.
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I don't back down. I don't cave when the pressure gets too great from these partisan political ideological forces.
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Watchfulness is experiencing a sudden glimpse of something without any qualifications - just the sudden glimpse itself.
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Nothing good comes out of depression.
