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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One element of Madonna's career that really takes center stage is how many times she's reinvented herself. It's easier to stay in one look, one comfort zone, one musical style. It's inspiring to see someone whose only predictable quality is being unpredictable.
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I didn't know what it was not to work hard as I grew up.
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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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Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.
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Love your neighbor as yourself; but don't take down the fence.
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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'd visit the near future, close enough that someone might want to talk to Larry Niven and can figure out the language; distant enough to get me decent medical techniques and a ticket to the Moon.
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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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Legolas is fantastic to dress up in - of course he is - and I've had the best time playing him.
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It's no small irony that the government inevitably and invariably ends up promoting precisely that which they would most like to repress.
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If you don't go to other men funerals they won't go to yours.
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To become a token woman-whether you win the Nobel Prize or merely get tenure at the cost of denying your sisters-is to become something less than a man … since men are loyal at least to their own world-view, their laws of brotherhood and self-interest.
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It was as easy to be alone with six kin as it is to be alone by yourself, and maybe easier.
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Now suddenly there was nothing but a world of cloud, and we three were there alone in the middle of a great white plain with snowy hills and mountains staring at us; and it was very still; but there were whispers.
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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.
