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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The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably the safest living theatre art form.
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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 did 'Young Guns II,' I hung out with Emilio and Kiefer, and I once took a trip with Rob Lowe - we jumped trains.
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Creative writing teachers should be purged until every last instructor who has uttered the words 'Write what you know' is confined to a labor camp. Please, talented scribblers, write what you don't. The blind guy with the funny little harp who composed The Iliad, how much combat do you think he saw?
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I'm mellower now, I'm over 50. But I don't think I'm too mellow. I'm still angry at a lot of things.
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It's pretty easy to lose money on tour - most bands do on their first couple of tours. We're more established, but I think it was just poorly booked. It was a mess from the get-go.
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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.
