Barney Rosset Quotes
Opens up a whole new view of Beckett. The strong mutual attraction between Beckett and Cunard may help explain the leftist political views he expressed both in these superb and long-neglected translations for Negro and elsewhere in his work.
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Blackness is a state of mind, and I identify with the black community. Mainly, because I realized, early on, when I walk into a room, people see a black woman, they don't see a white woman. So out of that reason alone, I identify more with the black community.
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Feminism is rooted in racial rights and gender rights, and all of those things intersect, and to say that that's not something you can stand behind - it confuses me. I think it's a really great word.
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When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.
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It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.
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The electroencephalogram represents a continuous curve with continuous oscillations in which... one can distinguish larger first order waves with an average duration of 90 milliseconds and smaller second order waves of an average duration of 35 milliseconds.
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I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working.
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I'm a great bum, and I'm a pretty good director.
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I know I'm profane. And outspoken.
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When you don't know how to cook, you just say, 'I need something quick,' and then you fry something up. Now that I cook, I think, 'Do I want to have fried fish, baked fish, or grilled fish?'
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My soul is dark with stormy riot: directly traced over to diet.
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This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.
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These days, meals are more open to personal preferences. People like to serve themselves.
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Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Something may occur to make you regret your premature action.
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The 'New York Times' reviews of my work have been evenly divided - favourable and unfavourable.
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It's no secret that I've become known for my strong political views.
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I'm just gonna be doing stuff that I really enjoy doing. I'm not gonna attempt to be current in any way other than the fact that people will like what I'm doing currently.
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I love to be in front of big galleries.
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Like other men, I have sought honours and preferment, and often have obtained them beyond my wishes or hopes. Yet never have I found in them that content which I had figured beforehand in my mind. A strong reason, if we well consider it, why we should disencumber ourselves of vain desires.
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There's a time and place for everything, but as I get older, I like finding those human moments and really connecting. Maybe I'm not as cool as I once was.
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My goal is people associate November with COPD awareness month as much as they notice October with breast cancer and pink. That'd be a great thing if it happened. The fact that COPD kills more people than breast cancer and diabetes put together should raise some red flags.
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I have eight brothers and sisters, so I'd like to have a few children.
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One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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I think to be successful you have to work really hard but you also have to have a little bit of luck.
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Opens up a whole new view of Beckett. The strong mutual attraction between Beckett and Cunard may help explain the leftist political views he expressed both in these superb and long-neglected translations for Negro and elsewhere in his work.
