Alice Hoffman Quotes
I also like the whole idea of fairy tales and folk tales being a woman's domain, considered a lesser domain at the time they were told.
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In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.
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My daughter is my passion and my life.
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I was admittedly comfortable with Iman Cosmetics being identified as a beauty brand that filled the gap for black women because it was deeply personal for me.
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There's certain things as a songwriter that I don't really care to write about, and there are certain things I won't sing about anymore. There are just so many things that I probably thought was OK for me, or have been in the past, that I would never want my son to think was OK.
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There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.
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My way of relaxing was always doing the opposite and playing the drums, but I need to be able to actually chill.
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I came to acting in a very circuitous way.
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I think I should get a bigger between-the-song persona, so then I'm not wandering around the stage like some mad old auntie that's saying hello to people and falling over.
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I think poetry is a fabulous medium to encapsulate thoughts far more precisely than prose.
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In poor countries, the rich and powerful crush the poor and powerless.
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The difference between American parties is actually simple. Democrats are in favor of higher taxes to pay for greater spending, while Republicans are in favor of greater spending, for which the taxpayers will pay.
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But it's a very universal story and the thing is I was reluctant to answer that question because I don't want people latching on to a particular stereotype.
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Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution expensive, and needs to be rich.
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Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading.
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The Toast's audience is about 30-35 percent male, which shocked me because I would say that we actively try to discourage men from reading our site. Apparently, there's not insignificant number of dudes out there who think that what we are doing is okay.
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If I were to meet the most incredible man, and he just so happened to not make as much money as I do, I wouldn't hold it against him.
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If there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death, human life cannot be complete.
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On Nov. 5, 2012, my friend Elliott Carter died in New York at the age of 103. For me, he was and remains one of the most interesting figures of music history in the past century.
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I may not be able to re-record a song, but I can do a better job each time I sing it.
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There is nothing unpremeditated, nothing neglected by God. His unsleeping eye beholds all things.
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Did I express my personality? I think that's quite unimportant because it's not people's selves but what they have to say about life that's important.
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I try to look at every role the same way, regardless of whether the character is real or the character is a fantasy. I always start from myself, because you have to know yourself first.
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I also like the whole idea of fairy tales and folk tales being a woman's domain, considered a lesser domain at the time they were told.
