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?Dorothy Allison
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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.
Olivia Munn -
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.
Ed Speleers -
There's a whole element of human interaction and character interaction that I really enjoy doing.
Orlando Bloom -
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.
Jack Canfield -
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.
Rand Paul -
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.
Quincy Jones
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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.
Takeru Kobayashi -
I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.
Florynce Kennedy -
I must represent France, and I want to be elegant, and I want the French people to be proud of me, you know.
Carla Bruni -
I am an earnest advocate of manual training and trade teaching for black boys, and for white boys, too.
W. E. B. Du Bois -
My first acting job was a Breck commercial.
Jaclyn Smith -
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.
Ed O'Brien Radiohead
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I have turned down so many endorsements. My phone never stops ringing.
Saina Nehwal -
Nothing recedes like progress.
e. e. cummings -
I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'
Vera Farmiga -
Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam -
The great fun for me is these collaborators. I'm nothing by myself. Being with these people, whether it's the 'Homeland' cast or stage collaborators, they make you everything you are. They make you come to work. They make you be alive.
Mandy Patinkin -
There are artists who think they have to be on top all the time. I think that would be exhausting.
Natalie Imbruglia
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I think today we recognize that economic activity needs to search for ways to protect the environment.
Gale Norton -
At my school, when kids went into the army at 16, they didn't do it in a gung-ho, Tom Cruise, 'Born on the Fourth of July' way. They were generally - and I hope this doesn't offend them - the more vulnerable members of the class. They enlisted seeking family, and they didn't always find it.
Jack Thorne -
It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls.
Jean Rostand -
I'm lucky I have a fast metabolism... my whole family does... everyone's got a lot of nervous energy so we burn it off.
Claire Foy -
I've always been a skinny man.
Jamie Blackley -
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?
Dorothy Allison