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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In Victorian England, people were told they should discourage their wives from reading because it would lead them into all sorts of devilish wickedness.
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An entrepreneur is not a person who starts a company, but he is the person who actually solves a problem.
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Lawyers serve a purpose, and we couldn't operate as society without them. They can make things more complicated and difficult, but there are certain times where the need for them is crucial to an argument or an event or an issue.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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I sleep on my stomach with my head under a bunch of pillows so if someone wants to come in and try to kill me they can't tell if I'm there or not, so they'll just leave.
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Women are strong, strong, terribly strong. We don't know how strong until we're pushing out our babies.
