Alan Cheuse Quotes
In 'Shadow Tag,' Erdrich creates scenes from a fictional marriage, that of two American Indians, Irene and her painter husband Gil, that suggest some of the worst psychological torments and stresses of real life.
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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way - under the hoop.
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I don't want to be 'Halsey: America's Sweetheart,' or 'Halsey: Bad Girl.' If you can sum up my career in a clickbait headline, I've done something wrong.
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I had a moment where I was like, 'I'm so tired of waiting for other people to accept me.'
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When you're listening to radio and hear the same 20 songs over and over and over, you want a break from it. Sometimes you don't want to hear something that sounds just like everything else on the radio. Eventually, if you hear the same sounds and the same musicians and the same mixes and all of that, it will start to sound like elevator music.
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I think the only time I show my emotions and anger is on the cricket field; otherwise, I've mellowed down. And with age, I think, with age you always end up mellowing down.
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If I can't get a mental image from the song, I won't sing it.
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I can't speak for the other authors, but what I hoped to achieve was to illuminate certain corners of the Lucas universe that hadn't yet been explored.
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We need to get the corporate money out of the political system and return democracy to the people.
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One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.
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It is better that one's customers come to one's shop than to have to look for them abroad.
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I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government.
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I like to write scenes in the middle of the night. We could change every word of 'Family Ties' between Monday and Friday.
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The vast concourse of people who had assembled to witness the triumphant arrival of the successful travellers was of the lowest orders of mechanics and artisans, among whom great distress and a dangerous spirit of discontent with the government at that time prevailed.
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The public has heard the stereotypical love songs a million times, and they've heard the stereotypical life-or-death songs millions of times. It's good to mix it up a little bit.
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I don't eat any red meat.
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The U.N.'s humanitarian agencies rely on charitable donations from the public as well as the generosity of governments to continue their lifesaving work in response to natural disasters, armed conflicts and other emergencies.
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When you're the president of the United States, you have no money unless the Congress says, 'Here's what you can spend it on.'
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I never want to make any characters one-dimensional, especially as women can often be portrayed as the dark one or the evil one.
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I understood early on that the freedom of America is what made our way of life possible and that we should help other people live in freedom, too.
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Inspire your children. I promise, your kids will think you're cool if you do this. They may not tell you that now, but they'll thank you later in life.
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World belongs to humanity, not this leader, that leader or that king or prince or religious leader. World belongs to humanity.
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Hollywood has successfully produced many films framed by anti-racist or pro-integrationist story lines. I'm going to guess that since 'Gone With The Wind,' Hollywood realized films about racism and segregation pull at the heartstrings of everyone and hopefully serve to purge a sense of guilt.
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In 'Shadow Tag,' Erdrich creates scenes from a fictional marriage, that of two American Indians, Irene and her painter husband Gil, that suggest some of the worst psychological torments and stresses of real life.
