Louise Erdrich Quotes
When women age into their power, no wind can upset them, no hand turn aside their knowledge, no fact can deflect their point of view.

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My sisters used to learn dance, and I used to stand behind them and dance. So my guruji suggested that I also learn, as I seemed interested. I started learning at the age of three and was always on stage for something or the other. My mother is proud of me, and clearly my artistic bent comes from her.
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The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.
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I believe a lot in monogamy, let me tell you.
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So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and foreign policy is going to be an asset.
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I think chalking up human behavior to evil lets us all off the hook too easily.
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I think theatre at its best looks into the dark corners; clearly, my dark corners are full of doom.
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If you get depressed, you can be stuck for months; if you have an analyst, you at least have a chance of getting out of it faster.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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During my theatre days, I was more comfortable doing comedy. It's such an irony. I have always played a buffoon on stage, and yet I don't have any comic role to my credit.
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There's been a big buzz about the Charlatans in the last couple of years. I've heard the word Charlatans more in the last few years than I'd heard it for the previous 20 years. People would interview me for years and never even mention the Charlatans.
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You have to take criticism with a grain of salt because you're never going to please everybody.
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Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not.
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All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.
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People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.
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Being attractive, it's not something I do consciously. It's incredibly flattering that people think I appeal to women. But that was a gift from my parents.
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Many Americans who have suffered during a recession have had to cut their spending 1 percent, and they didn't like doing it, but they were able to do it to get their family's finances back in order.
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Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man's world.
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My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.
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Sin is plenty strong enough to create an ever-widening gap in one's relationship with God. The wider the gap, the less likely we are to pray. And the less we pray, the wider the gap becomes.
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If the charter of your liberties entails death and despair for untold multitudes, then it is nothing but a license for slaughter.
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At some point it's very important to me that my daughter is able to experience life and run through the sprinklers and have slumber parties and trust and live and do all the things that any child should be able to do.
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Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated.
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When women age into their power, no wind can upset them, no hand turn aside their knowledge, no fact can deflect their point of view.