Katha Pollitt Quotes
Abortion is part of being a mother and of caring for children, because part of caring for children is knowing when it's not a good idea to bring them into the world.
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I always tell my children, 'You have to face your fear. If not, it's like running from a dog that will bite you in the back.'
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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My parents would definitely be my childhood heroes.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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I don't ever remember a single day of hopelessness. I knew from the history of the labor movement, especially of the black people, that it was an undertaking of great trial. That, live or die, I had to stick with it, and we had to win.
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Over the years, I have been asked to play these sort of scary frenetic characters that express their emotions physically.
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Isolation is a self-defeating dream.
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I think if you talk to my colleagues, I was less than a fearsome individual.
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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'Saving Grace,' even though fictionally it was set in Oklahoma, we shot it right outside of L.A.
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If the American government can't stand behind the dollar, the world's benchmark currency, then the global financial system will very likely enter a new era in which there is much less trade and much less economic growth. It would be, by most accounts, the largest self-imposed financial disaster in history.
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You're in the lap of the gods. If people go, they go, and if they don't.
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I was always active as a kid. I was a professional figure skater for many years and I was a dancer, so it's just been part of my life, and I think that creates a certain body type.
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I found college useful for a lot of other reasons. It exposed me to a great many influences I wouldn't otherwise have encountered, and gave me a lot of time with some very intelligent people whose thoughts are still with me.
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I'm very blessed with the perfect husband.
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Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
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I still think of myself really as a New Yorker.
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The minute I started being recognised, I became much more discreet.
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Paper is the strongest material in the world. Things under which a mountain will crumble, you can place on paper and it will hold: beauty at its most intense; love at its fiercest; the greatest grief; the greatest rage.
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I doubt anyone else would have travelled as extensively as I have to meet the citizens of the country.
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I'm a man of convictions. If you press me about how I feel about an issue, you're going to see my convictions.
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I was raised in the Catholic Church, and for me, the thought in the Bible and Christianity, and the spirit within that, is one of the guiding principles in my life.
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My Chinese side comes out in my dancing. There's a certain in-the-moment sentimentality, an appreciation for the smallest details.
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Abortion is part of being a mother and of caring for children, because part of caring for children is knowing when it's not a good idea to bring them into the world.
