Alicia Ostriker Quotes
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They didn't accept me theory - not a theory, but just a thought I had about this character. I noticed that this man only exists when the boy comes into the grocery.
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I don't know how much the other fighters make. But I need to tell you that, for myself, money is not the first consideration.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.
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Intuitive versus analytical? That's a foolish choice. It's foolish, just like trying to choose between being realistic or idealistic. You need both in life.
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Simply put, when women do well, everybody does better.
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Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator.
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I never lose touch. If you let me tell it, I'll tell you I never got my just due and my respect for being one of the greats in hip-hop, and because of that, the fire never burned out. There's more and more of a need for me to succeed or take the legacy a step further, and that's what it is.
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Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions.
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It is true that from a behavioral economics perspective we are fallible, easily confused, not that smart, and often irrational. We are more like Homer Simpson than Superman. So from this perspective it is rather depressing. But at the same time there is also a silver lining. There are free lunches!
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One of the Life Saving men snapped the camera for us, taking a picture just as the machine had reached the end of the track and had risen to a height of about two feet.
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I think I drift toward sad love songs.
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The whole Twitter phenomenon is really indicative of what's happening in this country. And I say this in condemnation of myself as much as anyone else - we are growing into a nation that has no time, desire or capacity for truth. All we can handle is 140 characters of knowledge.
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Successful organizing is based on the recognition that people get organized because they, too, have a vision.
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Manchester United is stronger than anybody in the world.
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I have started to record some demos so hopefully in the near future I can play live.
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I wanted all my stores to be the same, to offer the same customer experience, whether I was there or not.
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I think if I weren't an actress, I might have made a halfway decent attorney! I like the way they think.
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The job as a coach is difficult.
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My songs have always been frustrating themes, relationships that I've had. And now that I'm in love, I expect it to be really happy, or at least there won't be half as much anger as there was.
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I can tell you how to get what you want: You've just got to keep a thing in view and go for it and never let your eyes wander to right or left or up or down. And looking back is fatal.
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Dream is the dreamer's own psychical act.
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Anyway, what is the soul but a dream of itself?
