Alice Sebold Quotes
I'm gradually working through my obsessions, and maybe, when they're all free and clear, I'll write a comedy. But I'm not there yet.
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I have a terrible habit of shopping after I go to the gym or hitting eBay.
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When you play for one run, that's usually all you get. I have nothing against the bunt in its place, but most of the time, that place is in the bottom of a long-forgotten closet.
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I think everyone in the heptathlon is improving together, so it is a very hard event to compete in.
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When you have all these traces of trash moving around, you can ask yourself how can we make the system more efficient. Then we can make better decisions. And perhaps we will not throw away the plastic bottles that go every day to the dump.
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People throw things at me sometimes, at big festivals.
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It seems to me that politicians ought to use the same words as other people.
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When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
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I went from being a jock to a hippie. It was a very clear-cut decision. I had to be one or the other. I had to forsake that other aspect of myself. Or thought that I had to, which is regrettable. Quickly, I was back in the pine trees with the hippies, listening to my Jimi Hendrix and my Janis Joplin and turning on, tuning in, and dropping out.
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The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for peace.
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You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.
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What I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor, is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all - the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead.
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I've been careful in love. I've been careless in love. And I've had adventures I wouldn't trade for anything.
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I have a whole area in my closet for displaying shoes. They are in rows. But nobody comes in my closet, so they are only on display for me. It's pretty spectacular.
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I have never read any Tolstoy. I felt badly about this until I read a Bill Simmons column where he confessed that he'd never seen 'The Big Lebowski.' Simmons, it should be pointed out, has seen everything. He said that everyone needs to have skipped at least one great cultural touchstone.
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I'm one of the best condensers in the business.
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My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.
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I do myself up kind of like a doll. I have a doll collection and I look at their outfits and kind of imitate them.
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The time has come to stop beating our heads against stone walls under the illusion that we have been appointed policeman to the human race.
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Americans must outgrow the unbecoming arrogance that leads us to assert that America somehow owns a monopoly on goodness and truth - a belief that leads some to view the world as but a stage on which to play out the great historical drama: the United States of America versus the Powers of Evil.
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The point is, we can decry the dangers we face or ignore them or even allow ourselves to be paralyzed by fear.
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I am not Indian, but I have lived and worked in Mumbai, visited on multiple reporting trips, and celebrated more than one Holi there.
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When you are working really hard and you're really focused on your career, a lot of other things suffer.
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Feminism's agenda is basic: It asks that women not be forced to 'choose' between public justice and private happiness.
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I'm gradually working through my obsessions, and maybe, when they're all free and clear, I'll write a comedy. But I'm not there yet.
