Antonya Nelson Quotes
I like the way that psychological extremity can illuminate more 'normal' characters by forcing a comparison.
Quotes to Explore
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We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity.
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I started as an actor. I started directing because Steppenwolf needed another strong director.
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I wanted to be a director and producer and writer, but in the early '40's the union wouldn't let you get through the gates. You couldn't get on a crew, or even learn to direct.
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To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year's Eve in San Francisco.
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Prostitution presents a moral, economic and social problem that cannot be resolved juridically.
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He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
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Doctrines provide an architecture for both Republican and Democrat presidents to carry out policies.
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If I was a condiment, I'm gonna go ahead and say I would be Sriracha, because I go well with other things. I'm too much for some people, and hipsters like me.
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Anyway, I tried liking Jimmy Corrigan but I couldn't.
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My stories are Alaska stories, and they need to be told in Alaska. Evergreen Films is located in Alaska; the company does amazing work, and I am thrilled at the prospect of working together.
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Sometimes you just have to jump off the cliff without knowing where you will land.
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I do like a lot of things that a lot of adults would scoff at. 'SpongeBob SquarePants,' 'Looney Tunes.'
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The thing about curly hair is that it's a toss-up. Some days you can let it air dry and it's better than a hair-do, but some days you just look like a sloppy person. I'm really resistant to a trim. I only do it when it gets hard to brush out in the shower, then I'll submit, begrudgingly.
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Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
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I think that our comfort is in our history.
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I never lose an opportunity to speak about my obsession: humankind and the environment.
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Basically we just created our own label, but again we just did it to document our own music and create our own thing, so the major labels were just always out of our picture, we're not interested.
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There are standards of the game that FIFA governs and promises to uphold.
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With acting, you see some of the kids are literally just off the street, untrained, and they are great. And others are off the street, untrained, and kind of horrible.
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I never was deeply interested in any object; I never prayed sincerely and earnestly for anything, but it came at some time - no matter how distant, in some way, in some shape, probably the last I should have devised, it came. And yet, I have always had so little faith. God forgive me.
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The cynicism that you have is not your real soul.
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Days and moments quickly flying, Blend the living with the dead; Soon will you and I be lying Each within our narrow bed.
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A political prisoner is someone who is out fighting for his or her people's rights and freedom and is imprisoned for that alone.
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I like the way that psychological extremity can illuminate more 'normal' characters by forcing a comparison.
