Dee Dee Myers Quotes
Washington is still very much a male-oriented culture. Being from Los Angeles, I think it is less so there - there is less attachment to tradition, perhaps, there is more flexibility, more acceptance of change generally. That is partly because of Hollywood.
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Cottonmouth is the result of having to react to his circumstances. He had to, in some ways, take control of the situation and own his circumstances. But as a result of that, he became a person he didn't intend to become.
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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Sometimes when I visit my sister and her two children, I wonder if she missed a lot by getting married. Right now, nothing could be further from my mind than getting married.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never.
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The mistake of the West was to put the Sauds on the throne of Saudi Arabia and give them control of the world's oil fortune, which they then used to propagate Wahhabi Islam.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
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I guess there are all these women with a big secret - they're hiding men they are ashamed of. They come up to me and say: 'I've been dating this guy for six months in secret but none of my friends know. I can't give him up even though he's embarrassing.'
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Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
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We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.
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As a writer, I've always felt it's my job to be extremely careful when writing about victims, especially women.
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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.
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Doing representations of real people is not my strongpoint as a visual artist, and I know that.
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In Benin, there's a thing that family members wear the same pattern of traditional African clothing.
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When actress Shirley Maclaine arrived 30 minutes late for a class, I asked her to leave.
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I get to surf every day.
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Cancer doesn't care if you have suffered before.
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Winning the second Pulitzer firmly places me in conversation with this culture.
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Washington is still very much a male-oriented culture. Being from Los Angeles, I think it is less so there - there is less attachment to tradition, perhaps, there is more flexibility, more acceptance of change generally. That is partly because of Hollywood.
