Dorothy Allison Quotes
The bottom line is I'm writing to save the dead. I'm writing to save the people I have lost, some of whose bodies are still walking around.
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I was born and brought up in Chennai, as the entire Telugu film industry was based there.
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For me, being an actress, my responsibility is not to pay attention to all the noise around me and to pay attention to the script and the director and protect the character and try to tell her story the best I can.
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We were these arty punks from Hollywood. I considered myself an intellectual.
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I don't spend a lot on holidays, but have been very fortunate to travel extensively through doing various challenges around the world. The best place I've ever been is Argentina.
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Boys wear their hearts on their sleeves. Even when they're trying to pull one over on you they're so transparent. Like men.
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If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.
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The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.
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Chanting was very deep for me. It was as if I remembered it. It was like a real surrender.
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Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.
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If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything.
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Stay true to your own voice, and don't worry about needing to be liked or what anybody else thinks. Keep your eyes on your own paper.
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My thinking has always been that the worst problem we have with regard to lack of inclusion is the terribly low labor force participation rates and terribly high unemployment rates of young men, especially young men in ethnic minority groups and, in particular, young black men.
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I'd love to be in a feature film, and I don't just mean in a starring role - it could be a small part. And I would like to act in television, to do comedy and drama.
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I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.
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The plastic bottle we're throwing away every day still stays there. And if we show that to people, then we can also promote some behavioral change.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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I'm taking a vow not to advise.
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My grandfather has a big influence on me; without him, I wouldn't be where I am now.
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I have been very lucky to find something I am good at and can make money at... Playing with Bruce was the embodiment of everything that a little kid could dream about.
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I've been nominated for Emmys and Golden Globes, but I've never won one and I probably never will.
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Just cause niggas get behind you don't mean they got your back Beware of the serpent.
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The bottom line is I'm writing to save the dead. I'm writing to save the people I have lost, some of whose bodies are still walking around.
