Alice Notley Quotes
Because we rejected a certain kind of critical language people just assumed that we were dumb.
Quotes to Explore
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We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.
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If there's one thing that I've done on purpose it's to take whatever job, so long as it's interesting and challenging, whether it's theatre, radio, TV or film.
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Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.
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Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.
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Hair and make-up always helps. I did always try to be well-groomed, professional at all times. Take your job seriously - but not yourself.
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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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I wish black people had a flag they could put into the ground, like when the troops stormed Iwo Jima.
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Any director, if you really ask them, will tell you that the toughest thing to do is like a dinner table or a dialogue scene, because you need to keep that electricity maintained throughout the course of the film.
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I have a very vivid memory of the way my parents spoke, and the 50's that I grew up in are closer to the 20's, I think, than today in many, many ways.
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Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality.
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I exercise five days a week at home.
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When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It is really surprising to think of it this way, but a lot of the law - most of the law that relates to the First Amendment freedom of the press in America - is really within living memory.
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I describe myself as an environmentalist not because I'm marching in the street with placards but because I like to be in the woods by myself.
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A civilization, a culture, cannot survive without passion, cannot be saved without passion.
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Humanity I love you because when you're hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy a drink.
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One of the most important things, actually, when you're playing on grass, is to move.
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Shakespeare language is fantastic, and to be honest, you don't need to do anything to Shakespeare.
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In my eyes, a patriot is little more than an international blackleg.
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Our teachers are responsible for our children's welfare for the six or eight hours they are at school and we need to know without question that their safety will be paramount on the minds of teachers, faculty and volunteers.
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I haven't had many relationships.
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Even now, I want to keep my amateur spirit, to spend my time, to be in the sport with all my heart.
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It's true that none of my characters are admirable. But maybe I'm primarily a satirist, and a satirist needs to hold up what's not admirable.
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When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed - that's the finest I know.
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Because we rejected a certain kind of critical language people just assumed that we were dumb.
