Wendy C. Ortiz Quotes
I'd like to imagine that "dreamoir" becomes a subgenre of nonfiction, maybe ultimately because I'd love to read many more dreamoirs by other writers - poets and memoirists especially.
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Every bad thing that's happened to me has defined me, has shaped, has moulded me.
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This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan.
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You know, I'm kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy.
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I still love recording and still love the stage, but like my dad, I have the most fun when I am in front of that glorious orchestra or that kick-butt big band.
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Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
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Sometimes you want things so bad you will kind of lower your standards, and I've learned that once you do that, it's really hard to go back, to get people to respect you and respect your craft.
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Sometimes, especially when it's cold, I get dry skin, so I scratch a lot. I scratch my arms incessantly.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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I had a wonderful mother who wanted my sister and me to have everything, even though money was a very prominent thing we didn't have. But we had a very happy childhood - pretty much ideal, in fact.
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I'm not a tech guy. I'm looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people's eyes.
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I've always had a passion for music, but I never saw me as a musician for a living. I never thought that I could make a living. It never dawned on me.
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I never accepted Communist dogma or theory.
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I just think that if one is going to preach nonviolence and one is going to advocate for nonviolence, one's standard should be consistent.
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I think most people's careers in theater are based on delusion. It's just that mine started early.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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I love hugging people. I still hug everybody in my meet-and-greet lines.
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I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to be given space and trust.
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I have a lot of artists who I just love to hear their music, and I'm a fan of them.
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I love Paul Giamatti - God, that man is like a walking Chekhov. His connection to humanity is unbelievable, and those feelings of low self-esteem - the way that all comes together on the screen? Delicious.
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I took after my father.
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My favourite programme of all time is 'Weeds'; the first three or four series are perfection.
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I'd like to imagine that "dreamoir" becomes a subgenre of nonfiction, maybe ultimately because I'd love to read many more dreamoirs by other writers - poets and memoirists especially.
