Ellen Kushner Quotes
Maybe someone would write a play just for me, one where a real woman could fight with her sword, and had many fine adventures and changes of costume.
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Architecture is my work, and I've spent my whole life at a drawing board, but life is more important than architecture. What matters is to improve human beings.
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I was raised in Topanga Canyon. It's an eclectic community up in the Santa Monica mountains. A lot of musicians lived there - Joni Mitchell, Neil Young - as well as artists and craftspeople.
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I think Dilbert is actually a radical strip.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.
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Nobody should be sent indefinitely into detention; everybody should have their day in court.
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Parents are telling other parents that you can save a lot of money renting. Forever they've been looking for a solution to higher textbook prices.
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Analysis I take to be a scientific procedure. What I do is creative. It doesn't spring from the same part of the mind.
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January 14, 2000, was my first time on stage, and I've been hooked ever since. I got discovered nationally in Seattle by the now-defunct HBO Comedy Festival, and that led to an appearance on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' and a path to a professional comedy career.
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It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier.
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I love making films, and as long as I love the subject, I just have a crazy amount of passion and energy for the project.
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It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus.
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Beware of the naked man who offers you his shirt.
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I love singing some Johnny Cash, which is interesting because it's in a guy's key; I love singing Elvis Presley.
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To all my people back in Nashville who have been there from the start, you put your faith in me. You were there for the long haul.
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Whether it's pool or Ping Pong, I can't stand to have my kids beat me. Especially Ping Pong! And when they beat me, they just needle the devil out of me. That's fine. I'd rather have that than let them win a shallow victory.
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I do a lot of working out, but I haven't been kicking for a while, so one time I was rehearsing a spinning roundhouse and darned near threw out my leg.
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I spent most of my career in hi tech, not in politics.
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I had seen a Pfizer's pilot plant in 1965 and decided that, 'I'll build a Pfizer.' If not Pfizer, I have built Dr Reddy's, which is no less respectable.
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Why do we value leadership, connection and grace? Because it's scarce, and that scacity creates value.
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Growing up, my parents always played artists like Alanis Morissette, Aerosmith and Michael Jackson, so I just grew to love their music. And I just love so many diverse artists for different reasons; some for their instruments, some for their edge, some for their vocals.
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Maybe someone would write a play just for me, one where a real woman could fight with her sword, and had many fine adventures and changes of costume.
