Alison Bechdel Quotes
Mo: Thank you, Jillian, for that fascinating, uh, transsexual version of the Oedipus legend, 'Oedipal Complex.'
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I was a go-go dancer at the Dom on East 10th Street in NYC. This was a glittering ballroom over Stanley's Bar. 1965.
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Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
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I've spent my life navigating through sensitive issues. Not wanting to upset people.
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There's a lot of garbage, and then there are those ones that just stand out so incredibly. You fight for those roles; you do everything in your power to get it.
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Your life continues in those who continue the revolution.
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The Disney deal for us, we are very excited to be their Pay 1 partner, where we are a big licensing partner of Disney all over the world in all different windows.
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Do I trust Yasser Arafat? Of course not. Why should I? Why should anyone trust a politician, whether Shimon Peres, Ariel Sharon, Bill Clinton, Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, Benjamin Netanyahu, George W. Bush, or Yasser Arafat?
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If I had different parents who were in it for the money, I might have a different perspective. But they really are artists; they intelligently approach each character and prepare in every sense of the word. I grew up in a world that had great discipline.
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Given the volume of PC sales and the way McAfee runs its operation, I imagine there must be thousands of phantom subscribers - folks who signed up once upon a time and left the software behind two or three computers ago.
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The thing about animals is that they don't judge you. They accept you the way you are.
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I feel naked without jewelry. If I'm having a bad hair day, I pick something from my huge collection of hats.
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When such acting powerhouses take note of your work and express their appreciation, it is an overwhelming feeling. I could not believe it when Rishi ji tweeted. Then Amitji and Rekha ma'am sent handwritten letters, which I have read more than fifty times. 'Dangal' is a very special film for me, and these are my lifetime treasure.
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We now know how things were in the '60s and how things have changed, but I don't think we appreciate how much things have changed.
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I did actually like school. When I was 17, I was in college, but before that, I was home-schooled. I was very social. I liked to know everyone.
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They never lynch children, babies, no matter what they do they are whitewashed in advance.
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Take My Picture, Hollywood! I Wanna Be a Star!
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The reflected world is the conquest of calm
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Because everyone in the world has the power to edit, Wikipedia has long been plagued by the so-called edit war. This is like a house where the husband wants it warm and the wife wants it cool and they sneak back and forth adjusting the thermostat at cross purposes.
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My law clerks come from diverse backgrounds and points of view.
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These days, our senses are bombarded with aggression. We are constantly confronted with global images of unending, escalating war and violence.
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I grow the vegetables my family eats. I grow enough, and we seldom buy from the market.
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I'm a games and theory kind of guy. I love puzzles, so it was fun dissecting Shakespeare's prose.
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Tarantino is the coolest damn guy; he's just so much fun to work with. He might be the best director I've ever worked with. He just seems to know how to do it and he knows how to make you feel good about it. He's having so much fun you start having fun. You can't help it.
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Mo: Thank you, Jillian, for that fascinating, uh, transsexual version of the Oedipus legend, 'Oedipal Complex.'
