Mary Gaitskill Quotes
When looking out the window and watching the water becomes a drama, then literally everything is a drama.
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Everyone thinks I land in a chopper on top of my building and I have the most cushy existence. Could you understand that I might have the most messed up life myself?
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I have an idea that the phrase 'weaker sex' was coined by some woman to disarm the man she was preparing to overwhelm.
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I am not in the business of suppressing books.
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I love make-up and the process of transforming my face for a night out, but I definitely don't believe in wearing it every day. I think it's really important to be comfortable with the way you look without it.
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I feel very, very, very intent on only releasing things that I believe are fully worthy.
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Whenever I did sitcoms, that always happened on your show. Once the show was on the air, it takes on a life of its own. It develops, and it becomes something else.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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Sure I think it is healthy to speak the truth, and be who you are, and be proud of that.
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In these times, in this harsh, rude, warring world that we live in, where most of the bloodshed is 'My god is greater than your god,' and we're fighting in the name of our god, we have to find a way to peaceably coexist, spiritually.
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I'm a musician. I'm not, like, a personality. I've never really pretended to perform that kind of function.
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My stepfather had a connection with The Second City and told me I should go there. I woke up in a cold sweat one night and said, 'I'm moving to Chicago.' That's how I went to Second City.
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I was the ugly duckling until I reached puberty.
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We've got so many stories to tell, you know, we could take on the world.
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The Japanese bureaucracy is unique. It is also very powerful, although it is now the object of so much criticism. Many of Japan's brightest made it a pillar of strength and continuity.
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Back in 1975, we were making all the decisions about what people were going to watch.
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Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.
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My parents separated when I was 2, and my dad always lived in Chicago and my mother in L.A. I'd go back and forth and sometimes spend the summer with my dad, but L.A. was home.
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I love myself and I am a good person.
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I'm always a bit suspicious of writers who have the gift of the gab.
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There's something in the moment when you can make them laugh or cry and show and incredibly compassionate side of life. I find that a really exemplary way to live.
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I grew up in a family that despised not only communism but collectivism, socialism, and any 'ism' that deprived the individual of his or her natural rights.
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Acting is a matter of giving away secrets.
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When looking out the window and watching the water becomes a drama, then literally everything is a drama.
