Blanche Wiesen Cook Quotes
I think that Hick was in love with Eleanor, and Eleanor was in love with Hick. I think it's very important to look at the letters that are in my book, because unlike some of the recent published letters, I have both the personal and the political. And their relationship is about ardor. It's about fun. And it's also about politics.
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We love in another's soul whatever of ourselves we can deposit in it; the greater the deposit, the greater the love.
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There was no relationship between a wedding dress and fashion. There was no good taste, either. I realized that I could make an impression in terms of changing and readdressing the whole industry of bridal.
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Yes, there is a terrible moral in 'Dorian Gray' - a moral which the prurient will not be able to find in it, but it will be revealed to all whose minds are healthy. Is this an artistic error? I fear it is. It is the only error in the book.
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I love music; I come from a region of Kurdistan that is a base for music.
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I don't read horror, ever. When I was 15, I made the mistake of reading part of 'The Exorcist.' It was the first and last horror book I've ever opened.
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Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.
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For me, I'm not a jealous person. That's just not my thing. You have to have trust in your relationship.
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Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against.
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Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
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Oh I'm a huge comic book movie fan.
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I have so many gay friends that I love.
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As children, we all hold on to the myth of omnipotence. Comics are successful because kids identify with superheroes. They'll read a book or watch a TV programme and say, 'I'm that guy.' And that guy is always the one in control.
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If you love food and you love red wine and they put you in France, you're in a good place and you're in a bad place at the same time. You have to weigh yourself every day, and you have to have an alarm number. When you get to that number, you have to start putting it in reverse.
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I love to dance, and sing - in the shower, not in public. I'm too old to go raving, but my fondest memories are of that kind of thing - dancing, with lots of people, outside if possible.
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I want to do a little bit of everything. I love sci-fi. I think it's more the characters that draw me towards things. I like strong women. I'm very interested in futuristic stuff, anything.
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The toughest thing to do in politics is to do the right thing when your supporters think the right thing is something else.
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Love and death are the two great hinges on which all human sympathies turn.
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A good book is a good book. End of story.
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Homelessness is like public education - something that for far too long we haven't put the resources or love or attention to.
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I started acting without any vocation. I continued out of love.
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As her time in Florence drew to a close she was only at ease amongst those to whom she felt indifferent.
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I was in New York City for September 11th, and I was there for the 2003 blackout. I think in hindsight, you get a real perspective as to how unique those moments of crisis are in a place like New York City.
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It gets too easy to write from the point of view of a male character of my age, with the same cultural frame of reference.
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I think that Hick was in love with Eleanor, and Eleanor was in love with Hick. I think it's very important to look at the letters that are in my book, because unlike some of the recent published letters, I have both the personal and the political. And their relationship is about ardor. It's about fun. And it's also about politics.
