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.
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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.
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Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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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.
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I think people like it when you have a bit of personality.
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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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I cannot be music director at La Scala and at Staatsoper. This would be unfair to one of the two institutions.
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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.
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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.
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To be able to live and train in Iraq under these circumstances you need to be brave.
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I don't really try to tell people whether they should fight. It's definitely not for everybody.
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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!
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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.
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I have a strong emotional respect for Steve.
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Pitchers are smart. They know they are much better off if they mix things up and keep you off-balance.
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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.
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The facts are always less than what really happened.
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'Every man is a poet'
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Belief creates the actual fact.
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I used to live in New York, and I know a number of people who have friends who work at galleries. I spent time hanging out with them, going to openings. It was a good way to do research, to hang out and to look at the art that was present.
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Those things of real worth in life are worth going to any length in love and respect to safeguard.
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I did some traveling as an amateur and always loved the different places I saw.
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Fucking, if you will forgive the pun, is an anti-climax.
