Roz Chast (Rosalind "Roz" Chast) Quotes
The fact that cartoons are reproduced doesn't mean anything to me as far as whether they are "real art" or not.
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Cancer is really a DNA disease... We have these certain genes that prevent our cells from growing out of control at the expense of the body. And it's a pretty good, robust system. But if a couple of these genes fail, then that's when cancer starts, and cells start growing out of control.
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Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.
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I'm completely open about the fact that I don't love every genre of metal. I like what I like. It's got to have some vocal quality and some semblance of melody.
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Only a cheap politician, greedy for political gain, would try to single out one individual for blame. The fault lies not with the individual but with the system, and that system is Richard Nixon.
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I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname.
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I know I'm happy and can't wait to see where my career will go next. This isn't the end for any of us. I can understand why they are upset but I want them to move forward and look for the future.
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My fans are pretty spot-on with their gifts. This girl that was super into baking had made this entire batch of cookies - there were one with a dandelion on it, one with a trailer, and some had my face.
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And I like to convey my feelings, my emotions, my experience, the information I have to public use, public opinion.
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I've got lots of friends who are musicians, so if they ask me to do things, I'll go and do it for a laugh. I don't want to be a pop star or anything like that.
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We used to fight the LRA with only one dimensional force that only walks on foot, but now, we have got multiple forces to fight the rebels.
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I think about what I'm eating every day. I still have burgers and stuff that's not good for me sometimes, but I'm always trying to be careful. I don't just eat whatever I want.
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Life throws many curve balls, and if you don't swing... you're never going to hit any!
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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so.
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People like me who have passion are derided: 'Ha ha ha! She's hysterical!' 'She's very passionate!' Listen how the Americans speak about me: 'A very passionate Italian.'
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Students’ role doesn’t end in the classroom. Student-led movements have always been a part in changing history and fulfilling peoples’ dreams of achieving freedom and dignity interview after her speech
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I like them all. … They're all pictures of me when I wrote them. … I have no favorite songs.
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I try to be outraged by things that other people are just very accepting of, as though they're normal and can't be changed. A lot of what I write about is, 'Hey, you know, this stuff is really awful, and it doesn't need to be, and that's why it's so offensive.' Things should be better.
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I don't understand why people really get upset about something that doesn't affect them at all.
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I don't honestly know why they offered me the part in Rent.
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Picasso has a volatile, explosive presence. He seems to take art back to an earlier function, before the centuries of museums and masterpieces; he is the artist as clown, as conjurer, as master funmaker.
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When there were financial difficulties they still managed to provide us with music and art lessons.
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If there were only three women left in the world, two of them would immediately convene a court-martial to try the other one.
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The fact that cartoons are reproduced doesn't mean anything to me as far as whether they are "real art" or not.
