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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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical. Reading it uncritically, without understanding the cultural and historical setting of the text, leaves us forced to accept scientific and sociological norms of the ancient Near East from 3,000 years ago.
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This was a sleight well mask'd. O, what is man,Unless he be a Politician?
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That happy age when a man can be idle with impunity.
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There are two things that have been happening over the last few decades in my opinion. First, there have been unbelievable, remarkable, pioneering advances in technology and, second, an equal amount of evolution in creativity. These two shifts are meeting at an intersection.
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Fucking, if you will forgive the pun, is an anti-climax.
