Dorothy Allison Quotes
I'm still very blunt: If you want to be a writer, get a day job. The fact that I have actually been able to make a living at it is astonishing.
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America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system.
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My activism and sexual revolution in New York was a factor.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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I will never support any tax increase on middle-income earners, ever... If you're not going to eliminate loopholes and exemptions, then I wouldn't support lowering rates.
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I've never had to compromise myself for a job, ever.
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With a film, you just don't have time to build sympathy for the character. But I think we're moving away from that in TV. With TV, you have a little more leeway to allow them to rise and fall and rise again and be much more complicated beings.
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A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
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There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.
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The motivation should come from regulatory enforcement, but enforcement is weak, and environmental litigation is near to impossible. So there's an urgent need for extensive public participation to generate another kind of motivation.
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Insults are the business of the court.
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I am a product of Indian cinema; I've grown up watching Indian films ever since I can remember. And song and dance is part of our lives; it's part of our culture; we wake up to songs, we sleep to lullabies, you know, we celebrate every religious and traditional function with music.
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No war is inevitable until it breaks out.
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Work faithfully, and you will put yourself in possession of a glorious and enlarging happiness.
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These days, everything is magnified very quickly by the media - the slightest slip can turn into a catastrophe.
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Being an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science.
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The Sherman Act is similar in the economics sphere to the Bill of Rights in the personal sphere.
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Monetary policy is like juggling six balls... it is not 'interest rate up, interest rate down.' There is the exchange rate, there are long term yields, there are short term yields, there is credit growth.
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My professional life has nothing to do with my personal life and vice versa.
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It's all about giving yourself a chance to win the opener, and then after that, you focus in on Week 2.
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Sleep can completely change your entire outlook on life. One good night's sleep can help you realize that you shouldn't break up with someone, or you are being too hard on your friend, or you actually will win the race or the game or get the job. Sleep helps you win at life.
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I think a great first date would be something different... not like movies or going to dinner... going rock climbing together... doing an activity and then going to dinner, so that you guys share an experience, and then you have something to talk about, and it's not the same old thing.
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If forced to choose between a book and a Kindle, I'd opt for the comfort and ease of bound pages. I mean, I can't break a book if I drop it on a cement floor.
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Generally, I do not talk about people - family or friends. This is how I am.
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I'm still very blunt: If you want to be a writer, get a day job. The fact that I have actually been able to make a living at it is astonishing.
