Andrea Dworkin Quotes
Interviewer: What would you say is the most overrated virtue? Dworkin: Compliance and conformity.... Being normal is seriously overrated.
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Writing has been handed to me on a plate.
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The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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What we cannot deny is that there's an association between exclusion, segregation, non-violent extremist thinking, and jihadism.
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In the forefront of science, there is not much difference between religion and science. People harbor beliefs. That's what happens when people believe something religiously.
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I used to love to create outfits, and I still do - I just don't have the time. How can you wear one thing and never wear it again? Even my wedding dress - I had a dress made that I could wear again. I'm a child of the depression, so I'm very, very practical.
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I feel there is no shortage of real interesting women's roles. But I found them and did all of them just now.
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I had great stats in my career, you know, but really, you want to win.
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We have plenty of technologies we could use to destroy the planet, and we don't. There's more love on this planet than hate; there's more creativity than destructive power.
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'Moonlight' is a project that resonated with me more than anything else. I wouldn't have done 'Luke Cage' if they hadn't made time for 'Moonlight.'
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I always like to play roles where I either love the character or think that it's a story that I can tell better than anyone else. There are always reasons for me to do whatever I do.
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I don't have any respect at all for the scum-bags who went to Canada to avoid the draft or to avoid doing their fair share.
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In cross-country skiing, athletes propel themselves over distances of ten and twenty miles - a physical challenge that places intense demands on the ability of their red blood cells to deliver oxygen to their muscles.
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To decide to become a philosopher seemed as foolish to me as to decide to become a poet.
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I think when I first started out making music here in Los Angeles, a lot of people were really curious about my ethnicity, and you know, whatever questions they had, I'd be more than happy to answer them.
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I didn't always have 14,000 people wanting to hang out with me on a Saturday night.
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I love cartoons, I love comic books and graphic novels. 'Batman: The Animated Series' was a huge influence on me when I was younger.
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Regarding the Hall of Fame, when they decided I was going to be one of the possible candidates, when I heard that, I was so thrilled. You're always hoping for something like that.
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When you were straight, evil thoughts and memories came pouring up out of the darkness inside you; buzzing black flies clinging to the insides of your skull.
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There may well be a time for military action.
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Unless one believes in a superhuman reason which directs evolution, one is bound to believe in a reason inherent in humanity, a motive power transcending that of each separate people, just as the power of the organism transcends that of the organ. This reason increases in proportion as the unity of mankind becomes established.
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What you have to be concerned about are the extremists. On the whole, we need to understand the more moderate Muslims before they become more radicalized.
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We are not helpless. We all have the ability to make this world a better place. We can start with small steps, one day at a time.
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Interviewer: What would you say is the most overrated virtue? Dworkin: Compliance and conformity.... Being normal is seriously overrated.
