Nathanael West Quotes
No dream ever entirely disappears. Somewhere it troubles some unfortunate person and some day, when that person has been sufficiently troubled, it will be reproduced on the lot.
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I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at the African Championships last week I know my speed and fitness are constantly improving so that I will peak in time for the Olympics.
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My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture.
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Unless one is a religious fundamentalist and believes that man was created in the image and likeness of God, it is foolish to believe that human beings are exempt from biological classification and the laws of evolution that apply to all other life forms.
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What I'm still grappling with and learning how to do is to be looking and thinking cinematically, having come from television.
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I like '50s and '60s American art. I have 85 or 90 Warhols.
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I've only dressed in drag three or four times.
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We can't continue to take from our planet the way we do and not give anything back, and the idea of, 'Oh, but it's fine, I won't have to deal with it in my lifetime,' well, you need to think about the future generations who will have to deal with it.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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I am a huge, huge fan of the plain white tee. A good-fitting, vintage plain white t-shirt, like the 'boyfriend shirt', is the sexiest thing a girl can wear. It goes with anything, fancy or casual.
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My dad was very fun and very adventurous, and from a formative age I learned to value men who would do things on a whim.
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For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.
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If you happen to start a new country in the 1990s, you have the advantage of drafting new laws with the knowledge that the Internet is out there.
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Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.
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That was my challenge as an actress: to be a necessary part of the office without being too aggressive.
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I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to argue with a lady.
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Does the global Left - as well as the Israeli Left - truly not care about the horrific Taliban regime, the terrible oppression of women in Gulf states, and the mass hanging festivals in Iran?
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When you dance, it takes a lot of stamina, but it never seemed like work 'cause I was doing something that I so loved doing. It was always a joy. And you know, to have beautiful ballets made specially for you is such an honor. I always said it was better than diamonds.
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With bundled machines you can throw away the hardware and keep the software, and it's still a good buy.
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I'm not musical myself.
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Decolonization actually boosted slavery. As foreign powers withdrew from the colonies, people were enslaved by their own countrymen. And we see it in Africa, we see it in Asia.
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I'm a slob. I live in sweatpants and workout clothes.
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The stethoscope for listening to the heart is over. It's obsolete.
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Joss Whedon is a hero of mine, and what he's done for women in film and television, particularly when it comes to writing female roles that would typically go to a man, is awesome.
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No dream ever entirely disappears. Somewhere it troubles some unfortunate person and some day, when that person has been sufficiently troubled, it will be reproduced on the lot.
