Anne Waldman Quotes
The challenge lies in the fact that the planet has limited time. Be it climate change or nuclear fallout, there is very little time. You have to pick your cause.
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I get really upset seeing my friends who are mums crying because they feel like they're not good enough. Clever, confident, kind young women all going, 'I'm ruining my child's life.'
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Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
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Each person feels that he is an 'expert' in one or two fields and just the 'public' in all the others. But you know, probably, from experience that no one is really able to appreciate any display of ability in any field if he himself has not, to a certain degree, taken part in its problems and difficulties at some time.
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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
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There are young idealists all around the world falling in love with the Yankees now and realists who are gravitating to the Red Sox. I think the universe is on its head.
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I love wearing men's clothing and underwear.
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If I had a gun to my head and I had to choose between theater and film I'd choose theater.
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I would very much like to become a best-selling author.
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I think that, to be an artist, you have to have a big enough ego to believe that people out in the world want to see what you think is a good idea. And if you don't have that sense of ego, then the minute that idea goes into the world, self-doubt kicks in.
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Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.
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Make no mistake: the anti-war voices long for us to lose any war they cannot prevent.
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One must act in painting as in life, directly.
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Honestly, I wasn't familiar with the whole DC comics world and the Batman world before I was part of 'Gotham.'
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I want to be the Letterman of metal. I want five nights a week, Monday to Friday, 11 to 12, live. I always shoot for the moon.
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Our culture is at its best when we protect and encourage the weakest. Every life - at every stage, in every place - has a dignity beyond our imagining.
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I'm not an economist; I'm a hacker who has spent his career exploring and repairing large networks.
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Egypt has suffered more ordeals than the other countries to get where it is.
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Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
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It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation.
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It took me a long time to get selected as an astronaut. In fact, I applied for 20 years before I was selected.
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One of the issues facing us today is that there are countries where there is a serious lack of resources, the standards of living are very low, and this creates a fundamental unease and discomfort in entire populations.
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I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.
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'Sometimes I see signs on walls saying Kill the Rich,' Clem said. 'And sometimes Kill the Rich has been crossed out and Harm the Rich written underneath. A clear gain for civilization I would say. And the one that says Jean-Paul Sartre Is a Fartre. Something going on there, you must admit. Dim flicker of something. ...'
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The challenge lies in the fact that the planet has limited time. Be it climate change or nuclear fallout, there is very little time. You have to pick your cause.
