Danielle Dutton Quotes
I was obsessed with the scientific instruments people were building and all the weird experiments they were doing. I did actually wind up working in some of that, but there were whole sections I'd written about these instruments that ultimately had to be abandoned when I realized that the book really was about Margaret Cavendish. I couldn't justify using all of them.
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Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well.
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I love Bridget Fonda.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
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In a way, I envy the freedom artists have. Artists can push themselves beyond their limits, in pursuit of their ideas and their vision, even if they are inhabited by demons that can also play tricks on them.
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Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit.
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Without literature my life would be miserable.
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I had a lot of conversations with my family, my close friends, with my pastor, with God, and kind of came to a revelation that maybe I should be honest with myself about who I am and let that person - this woman who has lived inside me for my entire life - finally have an opportunity to live.
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I stop working at about 3 p.m. on Fridays.
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There are only three things I can do - make a dress, decorate a house, and entertain people.
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Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.
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The state treasurer has authority to weigh in and take leadership roles on taxing and spending legislation.
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Irony is the first hint that consciousness became conscious.
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Anybody who tells me I can't use a program because it's not open source, go suck on rms. I'm not interested. 99% of that I run tends to be open source, but that's my choice, dammit.
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Acting is a stressful environment to put yourself into, and stress triggers Tourette's, but I think it's partly an outlet because when I'm acting, I'm putting my mind, body, and soul into something, and that's one of the times during the day when I don't tic.
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If anyone is ever rude to you, then there's no need to hang out with them! Just find the people that make you feel good.
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YouTube is such a funny little world. You can create a fanbase.
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The problem with cosmetic surgery is that people who have it can only see how they look in the mirror. They don't realise how weird they look from other angles. I particularly hate the injections that puff out the face, which are hideous.
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I've liked lots of people 'til I went on a picnic jaunt with them.
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If you begin by sacrificing yourself to those you love, you will end by hating those to whom you have sacrificed yourself.
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Of course I believe in free enterprise but in my system of free enterprise, the democratic principle is that there never was, never has been, never will be, room for the ruthless exploitation of the many for the benefit of the few.
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You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
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I could never understand why other kids wanted to truant - my education here gave me everything. It's the place where I really got to flourish.
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I was obsessed with the scientific instruments people were building and all the weird experiments they were doing. I did actually wind up working in some of that, but there were whole sections I'd written about these instruments that ultimately had to be abandoned when I realized that the book really was about Margaret Cavendish. I couldn't justify using all of them.
