Dacia Maraini Quotes
A writer is first and foremost a witness of her time. She must tell the truth, not take a political position. But then the truth that she discovers is profoundly political.
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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I was admittedly comfortable with Iman Cosmetics being identified as a beauty brand that filled the gap for black women because it was deeply personal for me.
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Running back was always my favorite position.
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I think socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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I always wanted to act. I guess I've always been a bit of a drama queen.
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The civil rights fight was a very important fight.
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I feel like an alien. I feel people don't like me. People behaved strangely after 'Rockstar.'
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Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines.
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It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.
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We have a great country, we are a great nation - let us trust in it.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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The best way to help the Latino community is to give back. I love giving back; I'm quiet about God and what I do, but we do a lot in the Dominican Republic.
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To play four hands requires two people who have great affinity for each other.
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To get into Afghanistan, I bribed my way into a camel caravan of smugglers.
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Whenever I see the Hong Kong flag is flying in the sky, not because of anybody else, because of my efforts, I think it's the most proud time of my life.
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Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.
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A lot of dudes can't function too long in mainstream life because they've been indoctrinated into that penal system where that shapes their life.
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I was never a big fashion person, and so I'm sure I wore whatever. I was growing, and so I just wore whatever clothes that weren't that expensive and made sense at the time. But I'm sure that I look back and say, 'What was I thinking?' My adolescence was more in the '80s, and that's more my cross to bear.
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Royalty is completely different than celebrity. Royalty has a magic all its own.
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Secret government programs that pry into people's private affairs are bound up with ideas about secrecy and privacy that arose during the process by which the mysterious became secular.
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The world is richer than ever, and the gaps between rich and poor are wider.
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A writer is first and foremost a witness of her time. She must tell the truth, not take a political position. But then the truth that she discovers is profoundly political.
