African Spir Quotes
The appalling and shameful scene of disarray and illogicality that manifest itself in the thought and deeds of men, will no longer be seen, once these will possess an enlighten consciouness.
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I would literally have to go meet people so they could see I didn't have big red hair and wear high heels constantly. It was just really ingrained in people.
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An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
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I'm very much an observer and a conduit of thoughts and ideas.
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My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.
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Fifth Harmony as a group represents more confidence, more girl power, more unity. They're anthems, as opposed to confessional songwriting about one person's life when there are five individual women.
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I don't play many characters like myself. Oh I don't know what I am!
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Quod licet ingratum est. Quod non licet acrius urit.
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I think most of the things I published have been published out of desperation, not because they were perfected.
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In men this blunder still you find,-All think their little set mankind.
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Vanity not only distances us from God: it makes us look ridiculous.
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Someday there will be girls and women whose name will no longer mean the mere opposite of the male, but something in itself, something that makes one think not of any complement and limit, but only life and reality: the female human being.
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When you write a short story ... you had better know the ending first. The end of a story is only the end to the reader. To the writer, it's the beginning. If you don't know exactly where you're going every minute you're writing, you'll never get there - or anywhere.
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Ironclads and Maxim guns must be the ultimate arbiters of metaphysical truth.
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Like all fads, corporate governance has its zealots
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She was my closest friend. She was the one person, other than my husband, I could turn to in a crisis. There was a lot of resentment when I first came to town. But Patsy was strong-willed and always taking up for me. If it hadn't been for her, I don't think I would have lasted.
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Everything in writing begins with language. Language begins with listening.
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My body is an instrument for me to use.
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I wrote for so many years in a bubble, the way everyone does, and there were large swaths of time where you think you're doing this for nothing. An audience is crucial, a back and forth with the invisible readers.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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Here's how men think. Sex, work - and those are reversible, depending on age - sex, work, food, sports and lastly, begrudgingly, relationships. And here's how women think. Relationships, relationships, relationships, work, sex, shopping, weight, food.
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The appalling and shameful scene of disarray and illogicality that manifest itself in the thought and deeds of men, will no longer be seen, once these will possess an enlighten consciouness.
