Ellen Willis Quotes
I can't keep myself from playing roles. The emotionless decadent, looking for diversion from boredom, is a favorite.
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I admire the world of the books and the characters that she's created, but I'm not an addict of Harry Potter. I don't feel possessive about it.
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We opened for the Kinks, the Beach Boys, the Guess Who, Chuck Berry, Sha Na Na. We opened for Cheech and Chong - I opened for Cheech, and Don opened for Chong.
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I embraced everything that I thought would hold me back from pursuing my dreams and used my insecurities to give me the courage to inspire and advocate for others who possessed many of the same insecurities I had.
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Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world, it's the only thing that ever has.
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Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.
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I'm from Hollywood; I'm too dumb to be nervous about New York.
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I was the oldest of the children in my family. I had to do a lot of diaper-changing and lunch-making. I was taking my little sister to ballet, picking up my brother, sort of being a super-nanny.
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Anyone working for a big company might be skeptical that a large business, or even a strictly online business, can form the same kind of friendly, loyal relationship with customers as a local retailer. I'm saying it's already been done because I lived it.
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She had come to Aka to learn how to sing this world's tune, to dance its dance; and at last, she thought, away from the city's endless noise, she was beginning to hear the music and to learn how to move to it.
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I hate that stupid old pickup truckYou never let me drive.You're a redneck heartbreakWho's really bad at lying.So watch me strike a matchOn all my wasted time.As far as I'm concerned you'reJust another picture to burn.
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SPORT Magazine's All-Time All Stars (Quentin Reynolds)
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Through them his paintings I breathe again.
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It would be three-dimensional chess with a million billion squares and a million pieces, and with the rules changing ever move.
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Each of us must decide whether it is more important to be proved right or to provoke righteousness.
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We will see a breakdown of the family and family values if we decide to approve same-sex marriage, and if we decide to establish homosexuality as an acceptable alternative lifestyle with all the benefits that go with equating it with the heterosexual lifestyle.
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I think I had really good parents. I got really lucky. They said, 'You're a woman; enjoy yourself and believe that you can do things.'
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I am proud to represent New York's 13th Congressional District, which has one of the largest and diverse populations in the country.
Charles B. Rangel -
The only thing I learned is that failure sucks, and you never want to do it. There's not a lot to be said for that particular lesson.
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Clearly, high energy prices will have a large negative effect on the California economy and could possibly drag the rest of the nation into a recession.
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Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal.
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All art is but dirtying the paper delicately.
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I've always believed that you should never, ever give up and you should always keep fighting even when there's only a slightest chance.
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I can't keep myself from playing roles. The emotionless decadent, looking for diversion from boredom, is a favorite.
