Andrea Dworkin Quotes
Pornography is used in rape - to plan it, to execute it, to choreograph it, to engender the excitement to commit the act.
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The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form?
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In 1979, when I was 39, I had such a bad year, I thought it was all over. Thankfully it wasn't.
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Every day in the year there comes some malice into the world, and where it comes from is no good place.
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Flag desecration is not a constitutional issue for the courts. It is a political one that belongs to the people.
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Well, I just hope we can have peace, and I hope it'll do some good.
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I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once - I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck on one, I hop back and forth.
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There is so much to be gained from investing more time in what we eat. Buying fresh ingredients means knowing where your food comes from and what's in it.
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My grandmother knitted me a crochet top when I was 15. I still fit into it and will never give it away.
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Music is very abstract. When we talk about music, we're not discussing the music itself but rather how we react to it.
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I have my hopes, & very distinct ones, too, of one day getting cerebral phenomena such that I can put them into mathematical equations: in short, a law or laws for the mutual actions of the molecules of the brain (equivalent to the law of gravitation for the planetary & sideral world).
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People say I look like a vampire. I don't know whether to take that as a compliment or not.
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Yes, there's a luck in most things; and in none more than being born at the right time.
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We've sold over 100,000 records so far, and we're an independent label.
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Word of mouth works now, much more than ever. @-reply every single person.
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My father had a passion for love. It's mostly what he talked about in his songs, and I still have his old records today.
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Every show finds its groove, I would say. The first season is the season to figure out the dynamics, the workflow.
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Before 'Titanic,' yes, I had done some things and, yes, I had been nominated for an Academy Award, but I had never been sort of world-famous. And I suppose, yes, I am really famous now. But I feel embarrassed to say that because it's just a bit daft for me.
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The system of domination is founded on depriving nations of their true identity. It seeks to deprive nations of their culture, identity, self-confidence and in this way dominate them.
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The best teacher is an entertainer.
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I only worked on Men of Honor for three weeks, but I walked away with so much. Because Bob is the kind of actor who gives you the opportunity to really go there. And we really had to go there. I mean, we were both playing drunks.
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I think it's important for people to know that there's no such thing as a perfect relationship, you know?
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But sometimes when I was starting a new story and I could not get it going, I would sit in front of the fire and squeeze the peel of the little oranges into the edge of the flame and watch the sputter of blue that they made. I would stand and look out over the roofs of Paris and think, 'Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.' So finally I would write one true sentence, and then go on from there.
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Pornography is used in rape - to plan it, to execute it, to choreograph it, to engender the excitement to commit the act.
