Alix Kates Shulman Quotes
Being alone for a woman is probably much more scary than for a man. I'm all for getting over our fears by facing them head-on.
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With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I'm going to press on for equality. I'm going to press on for the sake of our children. I'm going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I am going to press on.
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How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.
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After spending 22 years in Ohio, I love everything about New York.
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Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
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I love sweets. Like, every week of my life, I've had a cheat day.
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Life's a challenge, but that's the best part.
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In tight quarters, it's important to choose small-scale items.
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I went to my boss, and I said, 'Look, I'd like to design these ties because I think they could be new.' He said, 'The world isn't ready for Ralph Lauren.' I never forgot that because... I thought that was a compliment.
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I didn't know box office was a thing you could possess but I don't have it. I go up for lovely roles and people with this nebulous thing called box office get them so there isn't much I can do about that unless you know where I can get some box-office myself!
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Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong?
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I started off in comedy, but that's just where I got my work. I've always been an actor.
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I love being called NTR's grandson. I never moved away from his shadow, maybe because I didn't try enough or maybe because I like it this way.
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Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.
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I am for poetry that is admired by peasant and aristocrat alike.
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Just because scientists have the knowledge to do it, the technology to do it, and some may even have a financial motive or other incentive to do it, does not make it right.
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I like geography. I could tell you the capital of any country you want.
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Separate inherently is not equal. There's a reason why $45 million was spent against marriage equality. It's because people understand the word does have meaning. And equality comes when we accept the same notions and the same institutions for everyone, regardless of race and gender and regardless of sex orientation.
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For most of the people who have a lot of success, it's because they were the ones who didn't quit. It's not necessarily because it was just laid out for them. It won't apply to all cases, but I think it's pretty good advice.
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Sometimes people get really sniffy about the films you choose if you've done more dramatic projects or you're classically trained.
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Was it possible for the sexes to hear each other without saying, My powerlessness is greater than your powerlessness? It was becoming obvious each sex had a unique experience of both power and powerlessness. In my mind's eye I began to visualize a listening matrix as a framework within which we could hear these different experiences. It looked like this:
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Any normal candidate who mocked the disabled or made crude reference to a woman's menstrual cycle or dabbled in 9/11 conspiracy theories would be out of the race. Trump's fans remain. And wait for more.
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Meditation is difficult for many people because their thoughts are always on some distant object or place. One form of meditation is to label the thought as it appears and then choose to let it go.
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Being alone for a woman is probably much more scary than for a man. I'm all for getting over our fears by facing them head-on.
