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 was at one time a football wife, and there is a certain level of bonding that happens between women who are the wives of football players.
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I think that you're always going to have some people who are negative or view you in a certain way.
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What I value in books is lucidity. I want the language to be rich; I love lexical fireworks on the page, but I have to know what it means. I want to be surprised and delighted, not merely baffled.
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Women are strong, strong, terribly strong. We don't know how strong until we're pushing out our babies.
