Louise Erdrich Quotes
Women are strong, strong, terribly strong. We don't know how strong until we're pushing out our babies.
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I like to do the splits onstage.
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I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!
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Foucault is one of many who want a new conception of how power and knowledge interact. But he is not looking for a relation between two givens, 'power' and 'knowledge.' As always, he is trying to rethink the entire subject matter, and his 'knowledge' and 'power' are to be something else.
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I interviewed Johnny Knoxville once. I was kind of scared to interview him because I thought he might be a real jerk, but he was really nice, and I ripped his chest hair out.
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I have great respect for children. And I have great respect for their ability as writers.
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I just want to do my job.
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It's hard to have people talking about you and trashing you in the media and saying they think your career is over... and you are only 25.
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I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.
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We were only allowed to watch Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers and 3-2-1 Contact!
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I grew up watching 'Raging Bull.'
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I think there's a difference when you make fun of yourself and your own behavior, and when you dishonor or disrespect Christ. If you're making a mockery of Christ is one thing. But if you're just joking about human foibles and weaknesses, I think that's perfectly acceptable.
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The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more.
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble.
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Guys like me don't necessarily progress very far, which is fine.
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I will not be collateral damage in a presidential campaign, nor will I be a woman bullied by Hillary Clinton.
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The opportunity, number one, to work with Ang Lee is an amazing thing for me.
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Tossing doughnuts, fritters or fried dumplings in fennel sugar adds grown-up complexity without diminishing the indulgence factor.
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I agree that a lot of mainstream corporate sold hip-hop is self-hating.
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I think that what will help women get into positions of power - well, day nurseries, equal pay, family-friendly working hours. And I think all that's important. I used to think it was the solution. I now think it's enabling, and it's important, but still we have got head work to do about this.
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The Chinese government attaches importance to, and protects, human rights. We have incorporated these lines into the Chinese constitution, and we also implement the stipulation in real earnest. I think for any government, what is most important is to ensure that its people enjoy each and every right given to them by the constitution.
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I'm fascinated by musicians who don't completely understand their territory; that's when you do your best work.
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Intimate singing had a wonderful style in the '30s and '40s. It came out of Broadway and the jazz of Louis Armstrong and Billie Holliday. But Sinatra created the best romantic era that we've ever had.
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Women are strong, strong, terribly strong. We don't know how strong until we're pushing out our babies.
