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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Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Universal human characteristics are a good base for great art.
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One rich Man hath Lands, not only more than he can manage, but so much, that letting them out to others, he is supplied with a large over-plus, so needs no farther care.
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There are a lot of things that dancers can do that actors cannot and actors can do that dancers cannot.
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Elemis Pro-Collagen Marine Cream - I think it’s fantastic. The same girl has been doing my make-up for 12 years and she says my skin’s never looked so good.
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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.
