Jessamyn West Quotes
In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one standard by which a woman measured success: did some man want her?
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I could hear my friends outside playing soccer while I was expected to stay inside practicing the piano. It was like torture!
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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I love the holidays on 'The Middle' because I feel like I'm getting that very traditional American holiday experience that I never had growing up.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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I recently went to New York for the first time, and honey, I'm in love with that place. I'm obsessed with its sausages.
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I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.
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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
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I condemn any form of terrorism and especially the terrorism that would affect my country and me.
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I've seen articles suggesting that Wal-Mart buys at prices lower than our competitors', and that this gives Wal-Mart an unfair advantage. I don't believe it... What we hear is concern that in some circumstances, Wal-Mart may actually be paying more than our competitors.
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During the first million years of its existence, mankind survived five apocalypses without succumbing to extinction. It endured the Apocalypse of Steel, the Apocalypse of Hydrogen, the Apocalypse of Serotonin, and both Apocalypses of Water, the second of which occurred despite certain contracts to the contrary.
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I think there is a poem out there for everyone, to be an entrance into the poetry and a relationship with it.
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We create success or failure on the course primarily by our thoughts.
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Even more than dying itself, I'm scared of the horror-movie changes that happen to the human body as it ages. I think of it as a sort of haunted-house effect, living inside a crumbling, creaking structure that is full of ghosts and will, some day, fall down.
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Hindi films offer a wider reach. As an industry, it has the capability to merge varied states, languages, and nationalities.
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I have problems with a lot of photography, particularly street photography and photojournalism - objectifying the other, finding the contempt and exoticism that you might feel within yourself or toward yourself and projecting it out to others. There can be an abusive power to photography, too.
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Memory is a way of telling you what's important to you.
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If somebody says I'm a leader or notices the things I try to do to be a leader, it's the ultimate compliment.
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I always have really fresh, hormone-free, additive-free chicken, healthy veggies, and brown rice in the fridge to grab because I'm always on the go.
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When I first heard Kraftwerk, I thought they were an American band singing in German.
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I start to wonder if I’m being creepy. I mean, I am creeping. Does creep-ing automatically make one creep-y? Or are there dispensations for…romance? I bet all stalkers believe they’re being romantic. I did it for love, officer.
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Now you say you have to absolutely truthful. Sincerity is the main thing, and truthfulness is the main thing and don't lie to anybody ... and you'll get ahead. Brother you sure will. You'll get ahead right on that cycle of action, right toward zero! It's a trap not being able to prevaricate ... This makes life more colorful!
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The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.
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Rarely do I finish a song lyrically before I have a musical idea there, but then again, rarely ever would I finish a song musically before starting the lyrical ideas. So a lot of the time, they come in tandem, or they just come at a glance.
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In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one standard by which a woman measured success: did some man want her?
