Lois McMaster Quotes
A stunning first impression was not the same thing as love at first sight. But surely it was an invitation to consider the matter.
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It's always hard to break an independent picture from the pack.
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I guess writing is a kind of therapy in the sense that there are things you need to say and you say them, and better out than in.
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Parallel cinema has not made an effort to communicate in a language the other person understands.
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I don't believe any pair of people had been more removed physically from the rest of the world than we were.
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I don't think I'm good, I don't think I'm a good rapper. I think a lot of people always want me to battle somebody and stuff like that which is cool, but I don't see myself as a rapper.
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The establishment of the state of Israel is not the result of the Holocaust. It is almost a result of the fact that the Holocaust was not totally successful.
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True education is concerned not only with practical goals but also with values. Our aims assure us of our material life, our values make possible our spiritual life.
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On the one hand I have very traditional values: I'm looking for love and want a baby one day. On the other hand, I have a secret and rebel side, that I maybe took from an Australian mom who handed down to me the love for adventure and freedom. And sometimes I feel a bit offbeat.
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I realize now that I was a feminist and the minute I heard the word I certainly knew it meant me, but at that time I don't think we had the label yet. But there's no doubt about it that I was born a feminist.
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As I get older ... I become more convinced that good government is not a substitute for self-government.
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They are done merely for ornament. ... the common people regard them as supernatural.
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I did the best that I could to try to write you songs.
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It was chintz but not the cat-lady chintz I was used to. Perhaps it was Mrs. Bellrush’s manner or steely blue eyes but I got the distinct impression that this was aggressive chintz, warrior chintz, the kind of chintz that had gone out to conquer an Empire and still had the good taste to dress for dinner. Any IKEA flat-pack that showed its face around here was going to be kindling.
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Politics is too partisan, and sometimes patriotism is cast aside. Patriotism is honor and love of your country and your brothers and sisters. With politics I get the impression that it's all about what's good for the party and not necessarily what's good for the country.
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Everybody needs to take a little distance from things.
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Simplicate and add more lightness.
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One thing I'm a big fan of is the theater of the absurd. That's what I come from, that's what I love to do more than anything. What I love about absurdity is the words "comedy" and "drama" get thrown out the window and it's just life, which is absurd.
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A stunning first impression was not the same thing as love at first sight. But surely it was an invitation to consider the matter.
