Kate Millett Quotes
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If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
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If it helped you get your music off the ground, I'm glad you done it.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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You'll probably find most models are incredibly insecure about their bodies.
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Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't.
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What I'm trying to do is to write a story. If you take something from it, that's wonderful; if you don't, that's wonderful as well.
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If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
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For every person that doesn't like you, there's gonna be somebody who does.
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The world can be very small. That's why you have to be very careful, whoever you meet.
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Anglo-Saxon kings often used to favour their sister's son to their own - for at least you could guarantee there was your own blood in your sister's son!
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Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
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I came up in the theater, and I learned pretty quickly that reading a review, whether it's good or bad, can strangely affect the next performances, because you're reacting to something that's been said about you. So I tend to avoid that stuff pretty studiously.
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Only in your imagination can you revise.
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Even if you throw your hair up in a quick topknot or ponytail, you can add instant polish by wearing a headband or bejeweled barrette.
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The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does.
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I tried for years to get an agent because I was told you needed an agent. The agent-hunting process was grim indeed.
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You should seek approval from yourself.
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Some people are instantly brilliant. The Kenneth Branaghs of this world are ready-formed actors at 23 - he has used his success in lots of different ways - but there are people out there for whom acting is: 'Ooh, I can get on the telly and be famous.'
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I don't want a job, and I think I've been trying my hardest to make sure I don't have a job.
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I don't pay to have my dirty work done for me. I do it myself.
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My motivation is my desire to help people. If people want to have children and cannot in the normal way, and I can do something about it, then I will do so.
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My sister said, You're making it hard for all us housewives in Nebraska.
