Eli Siegel Quotes
Concealment is equated, unknowingly to ourselves, with individuality; the more we conceal the more it seems we are asserting our very personality, resisting a somewhat repellent, unwelcome intrusion of other things into ourselves.
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I think my message goes out to the entire spectrum of political parties. I'm supported by the Tea Party, the Conservative Party and the Republican Party. I come from a Democratic world. My world is moderate Democrats, Reagan-type Democrats if you want, the blues or whatever you call them, the Blue Dogs. That's been my world, historically.
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One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.
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The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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I just want Tina Fey to be my best friend. And Lena Dunham. And Oprah, too.
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Statistical studies are all over the lot about the pluses and minuses of raising the minimum wage.
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I know I can act. There aren't too many other jobs I know how to do.
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There aren't always, especially in low-income communities, the arts and the dance and the drama and the things that can really show a kid, 'Look, even if I'm three years behind in math, there's something I'm good at that can help me be successful in life.'
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If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime is going down.
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On 'Game of Thrones', the people that I've met, of the people behind the scenes, was not even a scratch of the vast crew that actually does work on that show.
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To be fair, I don't think it's a plague to say I have the misfortune of making movies for a living.
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People expect you to change when you become a mother, and of course my priorities changed when I had Violet. She's number one in my life and the best thing that ever happened to me, but I still have fun. I am still myself, but that is made out to seem like I am rebelling against motherhood.
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I've always felt that having a garden is like having a good and loyal friend.
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In my fantasies, I always wanted to play the ingenue, but in reality, in my bones, I am so used to playing the grandmother that I don't feel safe or even sure that I can do it.
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Religion isn't always pretty. Especially viewed from the outside, by an unbeliever.
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quoted in American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good (2015)
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I don't do anything in a vindictive manner. Look at my 14-year track record in Gujarat. People don't vote me to power to take revenge.
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Making a great television show is hard enough. To also tackle F. Scott - whoa.
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It is not good not to have health insurance; that leaves the family very vulnerable.
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We are all born with a unique genetic blueprint, which lays out the basic characteristics of our personality as well as our physical health and appearance... And yet, we all know that life experiences do change us.
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I just think he's a very determined player and dedicated to what he's doing. He's doing a lot of letting things develop on their own.
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Concealment is equated, unknowingly to ourselves, with individuality; the more we conceal the more it seems we are asserting our very personality, resisting a somewhat repellent, unwelcome intrusion of other things into ourselves.
