Ariel Dorfman Quotes
There's a tendency, especially among revolutionaries, to only show the good side of yourself and then when you come to power, the bad side comes out.
Ariel Dorfman
Quotes to Explore
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I loved the glamour and excitement of the games and, in particular, knowing the names of each and every one of the referees - that's because my mom, a former basketball player, would yell at them from our front-row seats for making bad calls!
Hannah Storm
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My mom is just so good with fashion! She always tells me what looks good, what doesn't look good, and she gives me great advice.
G. Hannelius
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I really try at least to come back and answer the question as to whether that was really the best way to do that and was I really thinking straight and how did my opponents behave and how did the judges behave was needed.
Floyd Abrams
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Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light.
Lady Randolph Churchill
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This country wants to laugh. We want to, and we need to. I'm happy to oblige.
Vicki Lawrence
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Ever since it was announced that Ryan Murphy intended to produce 'The People v. O.J. Simpson,' I have been inundated with the question as to 'How do I feel about it?' All I can say is, for me, it was personally the most heartbreaking tragedy that altered my life forever.
Faye Resnick
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I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine.
Imelda May
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Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.
Kate Clinton
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We adore chaos because we love to produce order.
M. C. Escher
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I look out at the stadiums full of people and see them all knowing the words to songs I wrote. And curling their hair! I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It's just funny. And wonderful.
Taylor Swift
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I think music is the greatest art form that exists, and I think people listen to music for different reasons, and it serves different purposes. Some of it is background music, and some of it is things that might affect a person's day, if not their life, or change an attitude. The best songs are the ones that make you feel something.
Eddie Vedder
Pearl Jam
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
Oscar Wilde
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The truth is, there are so few female roles in movies. That's really limiting. As an actor, you wanna be able to sink your teeth into something. You don't want to just be the best friend. You don't want to just be the girlfriend.
Ari Graynor
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There are so many cameras. There is so much instant media attention, not just for celebrities, but for normal people that get thrust in the reality world.
Lorenzo Lamas
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You can relate to somebody's pain and you have compassion, which can lead to intimacy.
Jeff Bridges
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Pro football gave me a good sense of perspective to enter politics: I'd already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded and hung in effigy.
Jack Kemp
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There's a tendency, especially among revolutionaries, to only show the good side of yourself and then when you come to power, the bad side comes out.
Ariel Dorfman
