Dorothy Allison Quotes
If somebody gave you several thousand dollars and nothin' to do but write, would you be a writer then? Would you tell your stories, your family's stories, then?
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I love to sit and watch people. I love to sit and listen to people.
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I love dressing up in superhero outfits and in fact, when I dress up as Wonder Woman, I actually think that I'm more powerful.
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I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoughts. I think my family would have quite liked me to be a lawyer.
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There's a whole element of human interaction and character interaction that I really enjoy doing.
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Working with people from all walks of life, from full-time moms to CEOs at large companies, I've distilled many universal truths about success. There's a secret I've learned that works quite well at helping you to achieve what you want: Decide what you want.
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I'm a different kind of Republican. I've introduced a five-year balanced budget. I've introduced the largest tax cut in our history. I stood for ten and a half hours on the Senate floor to defend your right to be left alone.
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We stole a box of honey jars one time and went out in the woods and took care of the whole box. I don't think I touched honey again for 20 years. I never wanted to see honey again.
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People think that if you have a huge appetite, then you'll be better at it. But actually, it's how you confront the food that is brought to you. You have to be mentally and psychologically prepared.
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I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.
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I must represent France, and I want to be elegant, and I want the French people to be proud of me, you know.
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I am an earnest advocate of manual training and trade teaching for black boys, and for white boys, too.
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My first acting job was a Breck commercial.
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The thing is, it really did take us too long to get these recordings done. We've had our rough times in the studio in the past, but after four weeks most of the material would have been recorded. This time it seemed like it just goes on and on.
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I have turned down so many endorsements. My phone never stops ringing.
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Nothing recedes like progress.
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I just think political correctness is crap.
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I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'
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Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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Hillary Clinton is trying an entirely different approach with Iowa than the one she tried eight years ago when she lost there. She will not start speeches by saying, 'Hello, Iowa, or Idaho, or whichever one you are.'
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So many people have so much trouble having kids.
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Everyone has to have a sense of duty. A duty to society, to their family. I mean, you name it.
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I'm a lifetime member of the NRA.
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If somebody gave you several thousand dollars and nothin' to do but write, would you be a writer then? Would you tell your stories, your family's stories, then?
