Ann Nocenti Quotes
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A narcissist like Trump must constantly inflate and exaggerate in order to keep the supply trains running. He has to brag about how, 'I have a very high IQ' or concoct stories about people agreeing with him.
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When I got on stage, I would have a rush of adrenaline; everybody gets it. Normally after the first night it becomes more controllable, and as long as I could ride the wave, I was still in charge.
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I know girlfriends of mine who, when they were approaching pregnancy and starting a family, consistently went through a period right beforehand that was a last gasp kind of thing where they just wreak havoc. They fall apart, in a profound way, because there's some awareness that that's the last time they can do that for awhile.
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Many societal problems concern science, such as the energy crisis, genetic alterations of foods.
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I wrote 'Buried Child' in a trailer at an old ranch house we had in California.
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When I arrive at my destination, I like to hit the gym, as I find exercise helps combat jet lag.
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Well, first I have to make the team, of course.
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I take certain steps to make sure I'm relevant artistically. I always have new music and a reason to be on the road. I'm not just playing 'Get By' over and over. I have 12 albums.
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I don't think you should limit what you read.
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We are a total of our sum parts, right? I came from a family of very strong women - black women. And if I go back as far as my great grandmothers, there was always that love and the ability to be nurturing. Then I grew up in a household where my father was the one who was more affectionate with me.
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I know I can act. There aren't too many other jobs I know how to do.
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There's no point in making a movie just to be making a movie.
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My grandmother knitted me a crochet top when I was 15. I still fit into it and will never give it away.
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My theory is that balance is key - nothing in excess.
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To communicate the truths of history is an act of hope for the future.
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I can get a black eye, a bloody nose. I can have a bad day in the gym. At the end of the day, I don't have a bad payday, and I don't have a bad night under the lights... I get bumps, bruises... but I don't have a bad night.
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The most expensive hobby a rich man could have is a boat, and the second most expensive hobby he could have is a very old house.
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California is a bellwether state. California was the first state in the United States to overturn the laws against interracial marriage. It took 19 years for the rest of the country to come around to that point of view.
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I have a computer and an iPad, but I have no interest in Twitter.
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When you look at Japanese traditional architecture, you have to look at Japanese culture and its relationship with nature. You can actually live in a harmonious, close contact with nature - this very unique to Japan.
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Social movements are at once the symptoms and the instruments of progress. Ignore them and statesmanship is irrelevant; fail to use them and it is weak.
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A lot of people have said I'm the anti-Kim Kardashian and I'm all right with that.
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Today's practicality is often no more than the accepted form of yesterday's theory.
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I'm a huge, huge lover of weaponry, of Japanese martial arts movies.
