Susan Sontag Quotes
I guess I think I'm writing for people who are smarter than I am, because then I'll be doing something that's worth their time.
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I feel like we all have our skeletons.
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Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesn't mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten high school.
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We think a modern cloud lets you decide when you want to upgrade. We don't decide for you.
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The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual life of South Carolina.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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I feel that whoever isn't feeling settled in their career won't think about their marriage.
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I think sometimes people can get lost in the bigger special effects, science fiction, robot stuff, and those are cool and fun to watch, too, but I think it's so important to sometimes step back and watch something that's about life and human interaction.
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We live in a democracy, and people are free to sometimes choose the wrong leader.
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In New Mexico... I may have vetoed more legislation as governor of New Mexico than all the other governors in the country combined.
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To me, the most worrisome part of traveling comes before any of the traveling actually occurs: the suitcase-packing process. It's a challenging and anxiety-filled process - I am caught between wanting my suitcase to be light and worrying I am going to need every single item in my bedroom.
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I have known a handful of producers who actually were equal or superior to the writers with whom they worked. These producers were a new kind of nonwriting writer hatched by the movies-as Australia produced wingless birds. They wrote without pencils or even words. Using a sort of mime-like talent, they could make up things like writers.
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8: A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
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Be a player; don't play yourself. And don't play basketball. That's not your sport, Jeb Bush.
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Becoming a father increases your capacity for love and your level of patience. It opens up another door in a person - a door which you may not even have known was there. That's what I feel with my son. There's suddenly another level of love that expands. My son is my greatest joy, out of everything in my life.
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I think Ralph Nader is the biggest liar in American politics when he said it didn't matter who was president.
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It's only words... unless they're true.
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I love to bake! I have a huge sweet tooth, and I love to make things like zucchini muffins, you know, anything decadent like that. And I stand by the claim that chocolate can be good for you! I love having a good piece of dark chocolate, one that's 70 percent or more cacao.
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I had no interest in being your basic vanilla girl. I've been lucky enough that I haven't had to play that.
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I know they call me a crazy lady, but I'm only interested in making movies and having people see them.
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I want to be known for this character on TV two nights a week, and then I want to go away and live my life in private.
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I'm not the kind of person who ever thought, 'Oh, a one-woman show - bring it on!'
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When people arrive at El Bulli, everybody goes through the kitchen. It's a way of making them feel at home. When they leave, the only thing I ask is whether they've been happy. Everything in between, I don't particularly care.
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An author spends months writing a book, and maybe puts his heart's blood into it, and then it lies about unread till the reader has nothing else in the world to do.
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I guess I think I'm writing for people who are smarter than I am, because then I'll be doing something that's worth their time.
