Alix Kates Shulman Quotes
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Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture.
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I condemn everyone and anyone who commits acts of terrorism. And Hamas has committed acts of terrorism.
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The Qur'an, throughout all of its verses, aims mainly to establish and confirm four basic, universal truths: the existence and Oneness of the Maker of the universe; Prophethood; bodily Resurrection; and worship and justice.
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I don't pay attention to the media. You guys can say whatever you want. At the end of the day, at the end of the season, if we're doing well, you guys are going to be there.
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My style's not for everyone - I'm an extremist.
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Flag desecration is not a constitutional issue for the courts. It is a political one that belongs to the people.
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Hard courts are very negative for the body. I know the sport is a business and creating these courts is easier than clay or grass, but I am 100 per cent sure it is wrong.
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I have no problem being mainstream. I grew up in the '90s when the mainstream was amazing.
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Livable neighborhoods with a vibrant street life will stimulate our economic life as well.
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Show me the country that has no strikes and I'll show you the country in which there is no liberty.
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I used to say, 'There is a God-shaped hole in me.' For a long time I stressed the absence, the hole. Now I find it is the shape which has become more important.
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I try not to second-guess editors; they're the clients, and I have no expectation that my strip is going to make it into every paper every day.
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A lot of people in line at the grocery store think that they know me, but they don't.
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That I am not a member of any Christian church is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures, and I have never spoken with intentional disrespect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular.
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What moves me in art is how we question who we are as people.
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A lot of my music has ambiguity and room for people to interpret.
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I came from poverty and was part of those circumstances.
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New York's home. It's everything I'd want it to be. It's the most inspiring city I've ever been to, and I haven't been everywhere in the world, but I've been to quite a few places.
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It was mostly through pop culture, through hip-hop, through Dungeons & Dragons and comic books that I acquired much of my vocabulary.
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I prefer musicals, because I am the best dancer who ever lived. The best plies, the best sashays, and by far the best-smelling Capezios.
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I advance in life, I grow more simple, and I become more and more patriotic for humanity.
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To me, the job of a playwright is to explore and bring to light our lives. You can't hold back; you have to give in to this. Sometimes, you say things people don't want to hear.
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Divorce in a young-adult novel means what being orphaned meant in a fairy tale: vulnerability, danger, unwanted independence.
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In my books, my idea is always to explore social context and social forces.
