Kate Chopin Quotes
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The more success you get, you start to be harder on yourself or more afraid of the looking glass. You have to learn to build a thicker skin because people are paying more attention.
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If there is something I am arguing, it is a critique of science. Science has consistently denied the existence of consciousness other than human. Only in the last 20 years do we have acknowledgement of animal feeling or culture or experience.
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I thought if I put my book up on the Internet as a file that you could download, and I told people about it, maybe some people would download it and read it, and maybe I could get some response.
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I don't ever want to get boxed in, playing the same characters, over and over again. That's why I prefer features over television.
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When I come up against a director who has a concept that I don't agree with, or maybe I just haven't thought of it or whatever, I'd be more prone to go with them than my own because I want to be out of control as an actor, I want them to have the control, otherwise it's going to become predictably my work, and that's not fun.
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Why you kill me? I never did you anything. Not kill me! I beg not to be locked up. Never let me out of my prison - not kill me! You kill me before I understand what life is. You must tell me why you locked me up!
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I think my parents see my life now as very conservative.
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I never personally complained; everybody else complained for me.
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To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.
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There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?
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I don't want to be someone else.
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I would love to write the story of my upbringing in Ireland.
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I love New York. Love it.
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People just kind of associate me with kicking some ass.
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Before I begin talking about the threats we face, the vulnerabilities that we have, and frankly the courage of the men and women in uniform that stand in harm's way on behalf of a very grateful Nation, let me first honor the sacrifices of September 11.
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If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.
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Speaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer.
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The joke is mightier than the sword.
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Women will not be free until we can speak our minds and our hearts without having to worry that men will crucify us, women will crucify us, the press will crucify us, or our children will be ashamed... Women are still in emotional bondage as long as we feel we have to make a choice between being heard and being loved.
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What one decides to do in crisis depends on one's philosophy of life, and that philosophy cannot be changed by an incident. If one hasn't any philosophy in crises, others make the decision.
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Redefining marriage will have huge implications for what is taught in our schools, and for wider society. It will redefine society since the institution of marriage is one of the fundamental building blocks of society. The repercussions of enacting same-sex marriage into law will be immense.
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I'm happy that people have watched and appreciated my work. That's why I'm doing it.
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So the storm passed and every one was happy.
