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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• 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've only dressed in drag three or four times.

  

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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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• 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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• The American dream tells you that you'll have success if you work hard enough, and we have some concerns about that fallacy. Hopefully, the characters in our films learn to redefine success.

  

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• Every setback means you're one step closer to seeing the dream come to pass.

  

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• So, you are very welcome to our house. It must appear in other ways than words, Therefore, I scant this breathing courtesy.

  

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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.

  

  Nathanael West
  • Dream
  • Unfortunate
  • Troubled