Michael Cunningham Quotes
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No one expected me to become a champion.
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When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive.
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The one thing I will never do is become pigeonholed.
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Far too many executives have become more concerned with the 'four P's' - pay, perks, power and prestige - rather than making profits for shareholders.
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As I have got older, I have become easier on myself. It's about realising things can't be perfect.
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Fairy tales are stories of triumph and transformation and true love, all things I fervently believe in.
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Ten million dollars after I'd become a star I was deeply in debt.
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It's a fairly recent thing but I've become very fond of making drinks myself.
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So, I guess motherhood and the threat of not being able to pay my rent inspired me to be a novelist. But as far as what inspired me to be a writer, it's the stories. It sounds very cliched, but the stories rise up and demand to be told. They always have done, long before I became a writer.
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I chase after inspiring stories.
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If I hadn't been a model, I couldn't have become a movie actress.
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I love coming of age stories that have struggle.
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For me, it's not an option to despair. The question is: what can we do to make someone's life better? Take the unimaginable strides made in places like Bosnia, where I cut my teeth, and Rwanda. Their stories aren't perfect, but I wouldn't have dreamt they could happen in a million years.
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Without deadlines and restrictions I just tend to become preoccupied with other things.
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When I moved to Los Angeles, I figured I'm really going to make an attempt to become a real actor. And when I did that, I thought it was time for me to face my parents and tell them what I did.
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The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.
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It's great hearing stories of my mum growing up in Brooklyn, then moving to Florida, having me and growing up with this eccentric, fun family. Although I don't eat a lot of Italian things, because I'm vegan. I was raised on meat and cheese, so I've had enough for anyone's normal life span.
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We got ourselves into a position to win the game and we let ourselves down again. It's not good enough.
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My works are a direct response to the typical space opera. I grew tired of always reading about how the people with power, with agency, get involved in huge sweeping arcs of stories. I wanted stories that dealt with real people, people I could relate to.
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Black people comprehend the South. We understand its weight. It has rested on our backs... I knew that my heart would break if ever I put my foot down on that soil, moist, still, with old hurts. I had to face the fear/loathing at its source or it would consume me whole.
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It took great courage to ask a beautiful young woman to marry me. Believe me, it is easier to play the whole Petrushka on the piano.
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Weight training and working on being explosive helped me gain a few yards of pace. Even when I was small, I was stocky. Even if people pushed me, I managed to stay on my feet.
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we become the stories we tell ourselves
