Alison Bechdel Quotes
Ginger: hauling Clarice up stairs in a wheelchair: This ivory tower needs some ramps!Clarice: What are you saying, Ginger?! Build ramps and anyone could get up!! The whole school would be overrun by black commie dykes in wheelchairs! Really, now!
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I'm a TV junkie, so it's hard to choose just one. Currently I'm a slave to 'Black Sails,' 'Vikings,' 'Game of Thrones' and 'The Mindy Project.'
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Sometimes the kids come up with better endings than the real story.
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We emigrated to South Africa and later to Canada so I went to school in several places.
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The key battleground in the war on terrorism, therefore, is in the minds of the American public.
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I got the travel bug when I was quite young. My parents took me and my sisters out of school and we travelled all over Europe. It was an eye-opening experience and, although I love Norway, I also enjoy visiting new countries. I don't get homesick.
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I used to worry about what would happen five or 10 years from now, but I don't anymore. I thought about going to medical school because that has always interested me, but decided against it.
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I have new ideas every day, and I always want to take on new challenges.
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If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.
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I grew up watching my mom and dad selling rooms in our motels. We had CEOs coming to our house so that my dad could persuade them to have their executives stay in Hyatt hotels.
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I couldn't live up to it. So I chose to run away.
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Yes, gymnasts aim for perfection, but I never thought about the score. If that's what's in your mind, it will probably mess you up.
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My father is an amazing person. While he was a huge star, he never carried his stardom home and always remained simple and just our father at home. I have four siblings, and we were all very grounded. We lived a very simple life: would go in an auto rickshaw to school, played with normal boys.
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I grew up playing sports, football, basketball, baseball, everything, and acting was such a different environment and different world for me.
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Cyberpunk was really a reaction against old boy sci-fi which was about white guys in space who would come up with some kind of technological thing.
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She teaches me to be kind, punctual... and to stand up for myself. And when I think about it, aren't these things every mother should teach their daughter?
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Let's be cautious about dreaming up extreme scenarios. The situation in Iraq is still salvageable.
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My dad is from the army, and so we studied all over. I had done an Onida campaign at the age of two, as my mom always had this inclination for me to model, but my dad was clear that I could model only when I turned 18, so immediately after school, I started modelling.
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Success is a high, but the way up is hard, and you have to give your all.
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A date once leaned in to kiss me, and he ended up kissing my cheek. He was a little offended, but I didn't want to kiss him just to not hurt his feelings.
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I was very insecure approaching the idea of directing a feature film. I told myself I would not move until I felt I was moving in power rather than moving in desperation to make a movie.
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For better or worse, when you're running for mayor, there's a little bit of a spotlight on you.
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I have some ideas on how to fix that. They're not very good ideas, but at least they're ideas!
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I wasn't in any way a kind of soothsayer or not surprised when Sept. 11 happened. I was absolutely shocked.
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Ginger: hauling Clarice up stairs in a wheelchair: This ivory tower needs some ramps!Clarice: What are you saying, Ginger?! Build ramps and anyone could get up!! The whole school would be overrun by black commie dykes in wheelchairs! Really, now!
