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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I've always loved to help people, young people in particular.
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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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I try to do as much as possible for every character. Some of them, it is easier to do the research because you have either real examples that you work with, maybe some specific person that inspires you in that case, or the performances from other people, or the characters, or a character from a book.
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Other than motherhood, the eight years that I spent at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, I have incredibly fond memories of. It's a beautiful place, with four seasons up in Wisconsin. And really wonderful people.
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When everyone is telling you, 'You're so beautiful, there's nobody like you,' you begin to think it's true. But of course there is nobody like you.
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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.
