Jane Wiedlin Quotes
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The markets are much more interested in America's long-term trajectory than they are in feeling that there is an acute short-term crisis.
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I would say that there is no future for literary studies as such in the United States.
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I am not fearless. I get scared plenty. But I have also learned how to channel that emotion to sharpen me.
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I went 59.9 sec. when I was 18 and thought, 'Hmm, that was fast - let's see how much faster we can go and what the rest of the world can do to keep up.'
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In the West, as well as some other parts of the world, the personal sense of ego tends to predominate, whereas in other areas, there is a more collective sense of ego. This collective ego emphasizes the 'we' rather than the 'I.'
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Even the superstars need to be coached once in awhile.
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My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
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I cook mostly vegetarian vegetable and bean stews. Quinoa salads. I make my mother-in-law's recipe for chicken and barley stew all the time.
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I started gigging when I was about 16, and I was way too young to be in the clubs.
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I changed my writing style deliberately. My first two novels were written in a very self-consciously literary way. After I embraced gay subject matter, which was then new, I didn't want to stand in its way. I wanted to make the style as transparent as possible so I could get on with it and tell the story, which was inherently interesting.
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I really don't have a need to be on TV all that much, to be honest with you.
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Flowers die and wine gets consumed. Both are lovely. I appreciate both. Wine and roses. I actually had someone bring me a lobe of foie gras once.
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Stupid is a great force in human affairs.
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In the twilight, it was a vision of power.
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I remember turning 'The Sopranos' on once and within two minutes nearly throwing a brick through the screen.
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She had a yearning to lose herself in this noisy throng of people going about the business of staying alive.
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Mr. Mets is representative not only of the general public, but also of many scientific workers, publicists, and writers. Like most people, he takes words as much for granted as the air he breathes, gives them about as much thought.
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When someone is giving you his opinion, you should receive it with deep gratitude even though it is worthless. If you don't, he will not tell you the things that he has seen and heard about you again. It is best to both give and receive opinions in a friendly way.
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There is just no comparison between having a dinner date with a man and staying home playing canasta with the girls.
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I always felt my role was like the pit crew in a NASCAR race, and President Obama was Dale Jr.- he's driving, and my job is to change the tires and get him back on the road.
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Like the Pentagon, our social science often reduces all phenomena to dollars and body counts. Sexuality, family unity, kinship, masculine solidarity, maternity, motivation, nurturing, all the rituals of personal identity and development, all the bonds of community, seem "sexist," "superstitious," "mystical," "inefficient," "discriminatory." And, of course, they are -- and they are also indispensable to a civilized society.
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I had never been attracted to younger guys. I had, from my late teens, always liked men who were older than me.
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I hope that by modeling feminism in my own life, work and relationships that it will haut become an organic part of my daughter's life. But I'm also fully prepared for her to become a Republican as a way to rebel as a teenager - that would be just my luck!
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The Go-Go's were like my first babies.
