Jenny Zhang Quotes
How do we form a coalition of resistance without obliterating our differences? Not all lives matter, and we are not all the same immigrants.
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I don't know much about Americanism, but it's a damn good word with which to carry an election.
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There's so many confusing messages that you're being sent about being pretty but not too pretty, smart but not too smart, ambitious but in a way that makes people comfortable. It's very hard to navigate.
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Politics is the art of achieving political goals - of achieving what is possible in a given situation - that is, in a situation that has its conditions and its limits.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.
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When a marriage culture fails, sexual desire no longer unites; instead it fragments.
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A person can't have everything in this world; and it was a little unreasonable of her to expect it.
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In the beginning, I was so chintzy I really didn't pay my employees well.
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I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.
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As a friendly one. I would still like to write concrete poems, but I can only do it sometimes.
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I was formerly so stuck into plans. I can now live more spontaneously. This I want not yet to give away.
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Whether it's 'The West Wing' or anything else, my first thought is always, 'What's a good story?'
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There are so many great galleries and museums in London, but they can be very crowded during the day.
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I don't think I'm exactly gregarious, you know. I'm not usually known as the loud person in the room.
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Economic growth doesn't mean anything if it leaves people out.
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I've never worried about how long the song is.
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Democracy is like a totalitarian.
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When I was working my way up, it seemed to me that only Westerns and 'Star Treks' or sci-fi movies could afford to get away with presenting the problems – like prejudice and desegregation, for instance – that we face in our everyday lives.
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The element of surprise is the most important thing and what keeps me interested in writing. I can feel it if I've written that predictable or boring line, and I will carry that around with me all day.
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I don't make people bend over backwards, and I don't like that in people. I am definitely no diva.
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I'm sort of a Freudian about theater; it's always a struggle between freedom and security, between 'Do I stay where I am with my family because I love them or do I follow the thing that makes my heart feel the greatest?'
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Bizarre and engrossingly disturbing, Naked Lunch, finds truth in madness.
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Never be so faithful to your plan that you are unwilling to consider the unexpected. Never be so faithful to your plan that you are unwilling to entertain the improbable opportunity that comes looking for you.
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How do we form a coalition of resistance without obliterating our differences? Not all lives matter, and we are not all the same immigrants.
