Joanna Russ Quotes
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I was not so committed to financial success that I was willing to abandon my principles and priorities. One of the most visible examples of this is our decision to close on Sunday.
S. Truett Cathy -
If I ever had needed to put together a CV, it would be quite short. Like many young people, I'd highlight my desire to work hard.
Cameron Russell -
Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
Ida Lupino -
The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
Earl Warren -
My grandmother's first husband was a spiritualist medium. What fascinates me about that is the balance between conviction and sincerity and trickery, which is also something that novelists are very familiar with.
Pat Barker -
I think people like it when you have a bit of personality.
Lara Stone
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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
Tecumseh -
I cannot be music director at La Scala and at Staatsoper. This would be unfair to one of the two institutions.
Daniel Barenboim -
I remember thinking, 'I can't act.' Pretending to be someone else is a terrifying thought. The thing was that, along with other people, I could create a whole world. I felt absolutely right directing.
Garry Hynes -
I have always believed that resistance against repression and violence is possible without relying on similar repression and violence. I have always believed that human civilization is the fruit of the effort of both women and men.
Tawakkol Karman -
To be able to live and train in Iraq under these circumstances you need to be brave.
Dana Hussein -
I don't really try to tell people whether they should fight. It's definitely not for everybody.
Laila Ali
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If something touches me, I cry. That's it. I'm a bit raw, a bit rubbish, really. Often, a director will say to me, 'I don't think this is a scene where your character cries.' And all I can say is, good luck with that!
Olivia Colman -
I will come out with my interpretation. If I'm wrong, fine. It will become part of the debris of history, part of the give and take.
Oliver Stone -
I have a strong emotional respect for Steve.
Walter Isaacson -
Pitchers are smart. They know they are much better off if they mix things up and keep you off-balance.
Harmon Killebrew -
When I was young, all the books were about a Mary Jane and the football player and the prom and ending up with the quiet guy and making your mom happy.
S. E. Hinton -
The facts are always less than what really happened.
Nadine Gordimer
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My anxiety comes from people watching me more and knowing more about me. But the feeling of entering a room where you don’t know anyone but you feel like everyone’s talking about you, that alone is. It’s like getting on a train and not knowing if someone’s trying to take a sneaky picture.
Maya Jama -
Men are recognizing that they have been forced to conform to a very narrow and rather two-dimensional picture of maleness and manhood that they have never had the freedom to question.
Andrew Cohen -
There is nothing that an intellectual less likes to change than his mind, or a politician his policy.
Anthony Malcolm Daniels -
Fucking, if you will forgive the pun, is an anti-climax.
Joanna Russ