Maggie Nelson Quotes
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The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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For me, the greatest good fortune I have being raised by actors is I came in knowing that a career is the ebb and flow.
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As the years go by, I've added a few pounds on, and I like it. I like it that I look a little softer.
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I'm learning as I go. I don't know everything. I never had anybody to look at, nobody ever taught me, and where I'm from I didn't have any famous role models.
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I'm not really a fan of Valentine's Day. I think it can be romantic doing nothing on Valentine's Day. It's more romantic than being given a big bunch of flowers that everyone else is doing.
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When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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Whenever you feel down, you can check on Twitter and feel better about yourself, because it's only people who like you.
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You go down South, and they're quirky; they have culture, and it's not uniformly true of our country. Our country has gotten a little blanded out, big sections of it. Even if you disagree with the politics, you have to appreciate the cuisine, the music, the literature.
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Any effort to create a second class of Americans, I just can't swallow that.
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I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea.
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I have a pair of Rodarte leggings. They're crazy, but I wore them for one day, and then by the end of the day they weren't tearing, but they were getting a little loose.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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To get promoted, company executives need to be able to see you as one of them.
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The so-called skills gap is really a gap in education, and that affects all of us.
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Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.
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I don't ever want to be a person that I'm not. A lot of girls fall into the trap where they are trying to impress other people, and that's the time when they lose themselves.
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What kind of a society are we going to have if it consists of highly paid people doing high-value-added work - and masses of unemployed?
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Enhancing a woman's silhouette and enhancing a woman's beauty - both contribute to enhancing her confidence, so they're synonymous, really.
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My interpretation of a strong director is someone who knows their story. That's what directors are, they're storytellers because they're directing where your focus is going to be as an audience.
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Anger is an unnecessary emotion. Loads of stuff in life can trigger it, but what matters is how you react. I choose not to react.
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Art was what I originally started out to do and music came second at first. I had a year at art college but I left because it was too much like school. I give all my paintings away to people I like.
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It's a lot easier to write about people when you're not living with them!
