Brenda Holloway Quotes
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I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity.
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One of the big things I've learned is that there's an advantage to regular low-intensity activity.
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Prohibition, like so many other policies imposed from the moral high ground, typically by those who do not drink, disproportionately affects the poor who resort to illegally brewed alcohol when they want a drink, not infrequently leading to their death, and are more likely to be harassed by the police.
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The thing about the Islamic situation is we don't have a church. We don't have an ordained priesthood, which makes it a little complicated. But we do have a tradition of scholarship, and rules of scholarship. It's very much like any field of knowledge.
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If there's a common thread to my books, it is that each involves an individual's journey. The individual must stay true to themselves.
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What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have only my own burden to bear.
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Green roofs, roadside plantings, porous pavement, and sidewalk gardens have been proven to reduce flooding. They absorb rainwater before it swamps the streets and sewage systems.
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Obviously, after every film you do, you wonder what you're going to do next.
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It doesn't matter what country or what political system you are from. Space brings you together.
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As someone who has long loved history and reads a lot of history, especially when you get a distance like 130 years, these people can seem almost mythical, and you need something tangible to make them real.
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Organizations are trying to save extra money. Players are trying to get extra money. That's the way it is.
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I was always the freaky Asian girl who drew these weird-looking Barbie dolls in class.
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Having a baby is a life-changer. It gives you a whole other perspective on why you wake up every day.
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I've made a lot of mistakes. I've bonded with some people who use you, and some people that take advantage of you.
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Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.
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Novels are not about expressing yourself, they're about something beautiful, funny, clever and organic. Self-expression? Go and ring a bell in a yard if you want to express yourself.
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The PS3 is a total disaster on so many levels, I think It’s really clear that Sony lost track of what customers and what developers wanted.
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The storytelling in a movie is in the cut; it's in the edit. It's not an actor's job, really. Your job is such a tiny little thing, and I love the feeling of juggling or tightrope walking.
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Needing someone is like needing a parachute. If they are not there the first time you need them, chances are you won't be needing them again.
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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We don't want to go back to the same policies and the same practices that drove our economy into a ditch, that punished the middle class, and that led us to this catastrophe. We have to keep moving forward.
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In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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“I’m not really sure how we’ve arrived at this ridiculous juncture, and I’d be a great deal happier if we weren’t pointing these things at one another, wouldn’t you?”
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I feel Motown really exploited me.
