Alison Bechdel Quotes
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In the fall of 1943 we brought home our second son, whom we named Alexander.
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O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out.
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On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.
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Beware of the naked man who offers you his shirt.
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I try to just talk about human stories and what I think about religion or teapots or whatever.
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The U.S. and European markets have become mature, profit margins are lower, and equipment isn't so new. Because profits are relatively low, it limits the willingness of companies to invest in newer equipment.
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I can make my own decisions, I can do the music I like. If I fail, it's me failing - you know.
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I like an even-keeled, slow-paced job.
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It's not healthy to be jealous.
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The land and the ocean are living, breathing entities that supported us, clothed us, fed us, and nurtured our culture from time immemorial.
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My management team are all women. Most of the people at labels I liaise with are all women. It's pretty much all women all the time.
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My fans are pretty spot-on with their gifts. This girl that was super into baking had made this entire batch of cookies - there were one with a dandelion on it, one with a trailer, and some had my face.
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It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
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There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.
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I often think my boyfriend is going to leave me just from seeing how I talk to the dog. But you know, when you are talking to your dog, you are accessing this softer side of you. Everything else melts away.
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Producers nowadays want item numbers. So I have penned one for this film. Cinema is the most effective way of creating awareness and spreading social message. Through this film I would like to convey the message of happiness, humanity and harmony.
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Upon the bank, she stood In the cool Of spent emotions. She felt, among the leaves, The dew Of old devotions.
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There are people with whom everything they consider a means turns mysteriously into an end.
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No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
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I am every day more convinced that we women, if we are to be good women, feminine and amiable and domestic, are not fitted to reign; at least it is they that drive themselves to the work which it entails.
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On the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart.
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I routinely oscillate between exultation and despair. Maybe at the end of the day I feel pretty good about what I've written, but the next morning I see that it's crap. Then I start again - make a new outline, do some more research, try to rethink the whole question.
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Mo: to Anjali Don't you 'whatever' me, you postmodern prepubescent!
