Louisa May Alcott Quotes
I was thinking what a curious thing love is; only a sentiment, and yet it has power to make fools of men and slaves of women.
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We're not a nation divided: we're a nation broken, and anything broken can be fixed.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.
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I had the good fortune of having a happy, closely knit family.
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Ideas are all around me. If I wasn't interested in them myself, I don't think anyone else would be either.
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I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity.
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To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.
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I'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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I don't think the label makes the artist or the artist makes the label. It's the music that makes everything work or not.
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Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn.
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From 'Midnight Cowboy' to 'Taxi Driver' is a brief era whose grit, beauty, and violence has been quite mythologized.
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Did you know there's probably more golf played in Iceland than most places in the world? They play 24 hours a day in the summertime and the northern part is warmer than the southern part.
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My impression of Americans from the beginning is of the best, and I have never since had cause to alter my mind. They are a kind, sympathetic race of people and naturally proud of their country.
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Sometimes we make films just for our people, and it doesn't reach to anyone.
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I think ballet has influenced my personality a lot in the sense that I am very disciplined in all of my endeavours. I am always on time; I take things very seriously. I've built up my inner strength and self-esteem over time as I've improved as a dancer.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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I didn't really grow up playing video games. I had an original Nintendo after the original Nintendo was cool.
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Men who work to make it as computer whizzes or owners of black Porsches... are confused when they're told they are not vulnerable enough. We can't fall in love with men who appear invulnerable and expect vulnerability. Why did he want a black Porsche? Because he never saw an ugly woman get out of one.
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A relationship can be deeply damaging without anyone leaving marks on you. So many people - especially young women - end up trying to maintain those emotionally abusive relationships because we don't think it's that bad and that we are really some of the lucky ones because we haven't experienced 'real' abuse.
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I like books that are exciting and that make you think about things, as well. I like things that have a twist - like 'Atonement,' which I haven't read obviously, as I'm a bit young.
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When I write, I operate as a writer and a reader both - I never know what's going to happen.
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I was thinking what a curious thing love is; only a sentiment, and yet it has power to make fools of men and slaves of women.
