Dorothy Allison Quotes
I do not write about nice people. I am not nice people. Neither is anyone I have ever cared deeply about.
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I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.
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I love French films, and I copy things I see in them. I read magazines and also look at Tumblr. I love nails, so I literally just search the word 'nails' on Tumblr and start looking.
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It's great to play somebody's wife, but not all the time. There's so many other stories to tell.
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For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman.
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If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it.
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I really like using the softening cream. It helps me go out there with confidence to do what I need to do, and at the same time, it's very functional and helps keep the hair out of my mouth so I can focus on pitching.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afraid to question what they see.
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It's really important to me that my sound is a combination of beats and melody. I love hearing strong, confident beats in music because I love to dance. At the same time, melody is really important to me because I love singing.
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The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.
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If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
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For me, 'Moby-Dick' is more than the greatest American novel ever written; it is a metaphysical survival manual - the best guidebook there is for a literate man or woman facing an impenetrable unknown: the future of civilization in this storm-tossed 21st century.
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My life is what a salmon must feel like. They are always going upstream, against the current.
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We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers.
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No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.
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I'm more comfortable writing traditional protagonists. But 'Steve Jobs' and 'The Social Network' have antiheroes. I like to write antiheroes as if they're making their case to God about why they should be allowed into heaven. I have to find something in that character that is like me and write to that.
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'Freaky Ali' may look like an easy role to others, but it is not easy.
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Let someone else be the world's greatest actress. I'll be the world's greatest baseball fan.
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I used to play shows in D.C. and then drive back to New York to work at 6 A.M. So there are those moments, and you just really need to power through them. Eventually, it builds on itself.
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It's very strange to go from being completely secluded and doing your own work for yourself, to having an audience - and having an audience that's aware of what you do and expects you to do things that they like. It can make things difficult.
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I couldn't run from that desire to tell stories, that desire to tell stories about us, and about the people I loved.
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I do not write about nice people. I am not nice people. Neither is anyone I have ever cared deeply about.
