Alison Bechdel Quotes
Anjali: Oh, wow. I am tripping out that I actually get to work here! Being constantly surrounded by books! Bringing ideas, poems, and manifestoes to the world! How can you stand it?!Jezanna: That reminds me, Lois. The lube shipment just came in.
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My life has been forged by middle class values: faith, hard work, deep respect for America and all that she stands for.
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There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us.
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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
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Real genius of moral insight is a motor which will start any engine.
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Pain is the mind. It's the thoughts of the mind. Then I get rid of the thoughts, and I get in my witness, which is down in my spiritual heart. The witness that witnesses being. Then those particular thoughts that are painful - love them. I love them to death!
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I love everything to be organized and clean... all the time.
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Only Arab Israel, the land of Israel, is our true homeland.
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Pro-lifers have long been castigated for bringing private values into the public square. But actually it is the pro-abortion position that is based on merely personal views and values.
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I'm the kind of person who'll have a few drinks and fall asleep at 11.
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You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I don't care.
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I have a deep fascination with human nature, with all its virtues and all its defects.
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Just keep taking chances and having fun.
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As I watched bookstores close, I began to wonder how that felt for the owners. Owning a bookstore was their dream and now they're struggling and seeing those dreams fall apart.
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It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight.
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I do listen to Abba. And a lot of '80s and '90s pop music.
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I already am a product.
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I have differences of opinion within my own family, an Irish Catholic family. So, I do respect those that disagree.
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Our decision to close on Sunday was our way of honoring God and of directing our attention to things that mattered more than our business.
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Outside is pure energy and colorless substance. All of the rest happens through the mechanism of our senses. Our eyes see just a small fraction of the light in the world. It is a trick to make a colored world, which does not exist outside of human beings.
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They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure.
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Each night before I go to bed, I take out a small card and write a list of the things I need to do the next day in order of their priority.
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To those that feel down and out…Let today be the day you stand up & fight. Let today be the day you say I won’t quit.
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I try to be as honest as I can in writing. That's what ends up translating and relating to people.
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Anjali: Oh, wow. I am tripping out that I actually get to work here! Being constantly surrounded by books! Bringing ideas, poems, and manifestoes to the world! How can you stand it?!Jezanna: That reminds me, Lois. The lube shipment just came in.
