Alison McGhee Quotes
It's very cool to be short, very cool. When I was in eighth grade, and the height I am now, I would just look at the cute little short girls and think, 'If only, if only.'

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Surprise is key in all art.
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I don't have a daily routine, beyond brushing my teeth. It changes every day.
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When I started making movies, I was pretty young, and at the time I felt like there needed to be more confrontation in cinema - or I needed to make something more disruptive - so in the beginning, those movies were me wanting to play with the rules.
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I know it sounds strange, but I'm one of those people who goes to a coffee shop to drink coffee.
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I have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca.
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There is no ideal body. It's just taking what you have and working it.
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A girl's best friend is her pride.
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But the Wisdom of God, which is His only-begotten Son, being in all respects incapable of change or alteration, and every good quality in Him being essential, and such as cannot be changed and converted, His glory is therefore declared to be pure and sincere.
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I know how to wrap my turban a little better now. In the beginning, it was a little weird.
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One thing I've tried to never do is make wish lists. I try to have a very steppingstone mentality about this whole thing, where as soon as you make one step you visualize the next step, not five steps ahead.
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When I was seventeen, I worked as a counsellor at a co-ed sleep-away camp for eight weeks. I loved it but it could be harrowing - it was far too much responsibility for someone my age.
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It's no surprise that I ended up in sportscasting. I lived this world with my father, Mike Storen. Dad was a sports executive for most of my childhood.
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I love cars, but I love bikes more.
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Ruminants are a perfectly normal thing to possess when you live in upstate New York. It's just moving scenery. It's kind of like the equivalent of Great Danes. It's the way you keep your grass mowed. It's the way you keep your weed-whacking to a minimum.
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What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.
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I'm very curious to witness the historic transformation of Chinese women.
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Sometimes, I think the best kind of poem is one in which there is an acute balance between what is humorous and that which is very serious. That balance is very hard to strike. But it can be done.
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An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.
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To put as little pressure on the relationship you're in is very important.
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I think penguins are cute.
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I just want everyone out there to know that I'm super-awesome and a great guy and really cool to talk to and that I appreciate all the support.
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What kind of recognition do I deserve? I don't deserve any recognition.
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War stories, westerns, spy stories are all accepted as respectable because they are read by men. It is only women's light reading which is derided.
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It's very cool to be short, very cool. When I was in eighth grade, and the height I am now, I would just look at the cute little short girls and think, 'If only, if only.'