Dorothy Allison Quotes
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EVOO is extra-virgin olive oil. I first coined 'EVOO' on my cooking show because saying 'extra virgin olive oil' over and over was wordy, and I'm an impatient girl - that's why I make 30-minute meals!
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I think people come and go, 'I'm going to find the real Gary. What is it... the real Gary? I've got to find it.' But the thing is, it's pretty much what you see is what you get. I'm just like this. There's no hidden viciousness.
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The reason I did the book about holidays is that you're a different person on holiday. You're sleeping somewhere unfamiliar, knocking about with people you've never met and for 10 days you're someone else. You're out of your comfortable zone.
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Always remember that better days are ahead - if not in this life, in the next.
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I do want to lose weight for my children. I don't want them to think being fat is okay.
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I think it's important for girls to be confident. Believe in yourself and... everybody's hot.
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Our company sells about five to six million pounds of sausage a year. We sell it retail and to restaurants. We've got all kinds of products.
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I'm still learning how to do things - like lining my eyes? Forget it.
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With a focus on records and making money, you tend to miss a good story.
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Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.
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I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.
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Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me.
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A lot of my writer friends - some of whom are brilliant - work when the Muse calls them, for lack of a better description. You know, days of nothing, then this creative burst where they write for 36 hours straight fueled by caffeine and idealism.
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Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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Every season, for me, it's like starting from scratch again.
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He is far too intelligent to become really cerebral.
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And it also became clear that these conditions of inequality and historical injustice have given rise to a feeling of hate in the world - a deeply felt hate that cannot easily be overcome with a few good words.
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I definitely start early and keep items in mind throughout the year for key people in my life. I love wrapping everyone's gifts in hand-painted wallpaper sheets, which gives the gift extra love.
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Short waves will be generally used in the kitchen for roasting and baking, almost instantaneously.
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Sometimes people complicate things by thinking too much about what someone might think of what they said or did.
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We've always said this about Alaska: nasty-ass weather, warm people. I never experienced 32 below before. ... My Irish blood has been thinned out by years of living in California.
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In general I esteem it a good maxim, that the best way to preserve the confidence of the people durably is to promote their true interest
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It's fun to tease people about where fiction and life intersect.
