Pam Houston Quotes
One thing I'm always thinking about myself is what am I willing to make up? And the answer is not much.
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I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.
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Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
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The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies.
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Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it.
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I've always been more of a camera hog than anything, and it's just another way to get it all out!
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I was pretty taken with Patti Smith, she was my heroine.
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Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.
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We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.
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I am still shocking people today, and I don't know why. Is it because I'm a woman talking about sex and men? One magazine said that no one writes sex in the back of a Bentley better than Jackie Collins.
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I didn't particularly like being objectified.
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Suppose that every prospective parent in the world stopped having children naturally, and instead produced clones of themselves. What would the world be like in another 20 or 30 years? The answer is: much like today. Cloning would only copy the genetic aspects of people who are already here.
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On a professional side, you've got a tough problem to fix, Geoff Miller's going to do it, and he's always going to do it to very high standards, and he's always going to be on the side of right. He's always talking about 'what right looks like' - just a phrase he would always use.
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We almost need a revolution in the culture of our thinking about football.
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It's pretty intense writing about my own life, my own struggles.
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I introduced legislation in the Senate to prohibit President Obama's amnesty. The House of Representatives stood up and led. It took the legislation I introduced and it passed it. But the Senate Democrats stood as one uniform block and said, 'No, we will do nothing to stop amnesty.'
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I represent celebrities, but I am not a celebrity.
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Islam tells us every girl and boy should be educated. I don't know why the Taliban have forgotten it.
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White Americans can go a long time without ever thinking about the color of their skin. Black and brown Americans have no choice but to confront issues of race every day.
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The reason we have cancer and heart disease is the same reason you can't get rid of the wear and tear on your tires on your car: as soon as you use them, you are wearing them away. You can't make eternal tires, and it's the same with the human body.
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We feel the love of strangers every day in the things they do that affect us without our knowledge.
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There's a big difference between the words, ‘naked’ and ‘nekkid.’ ‘Naked’ means you don't have any clothes on. ‘Nekkid’ means you don't have any clothes on - and you're up to something.
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I thought Brittany Packnett, who was one of the Ferguson activists, really interesting, smart young lady, really impressive - you might want to talk with her. So she was one of the organizers of the Ferguson movement, ended up joining our task force. She came in here and she just knew her stuff.
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I took up leprosy work. Not to help anyone, but to overcome that fear in my life. That it worked out good for others was a by-product. But the fact is: I did it to overcome fear.
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One thing I'm always thinking about myself is what am I willing to make up? And the answer is not much.
