Wallace Stegner Quotes
A political animal can be defined as a body that will go on circulating a petition even with its heart cut out.
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When I was between 2 and 3 years old, I got to know my first non-human being. The non-human was a cocker spaniel named Baba. We weren't friends, Baba and I, nor enemies. He wasn't my dog. He belonged to the people my mother worked for, and he lived in the house with them and us.
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I will never sign to a major record label again. If, by some mega fluke, a record of mine looked like it might break big, I'd try and do it via an indie or somehow license it. I'm not having my music owned by those corporate bastards again.
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My favourite outfit was this black lace dress that I found in a vintage shop in Williamsburg, New York.
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As an entrepreneur, you only fail when you give up.
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Writing is not like acting, where you can pull these little stunts that create a particular effect. Words are all it is about, and the way you use words has to be individual and particular to you.
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I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved who I am not. Even if you're not accepted, at least you are still yourself.
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Industrialization starts with the formation of capital - it does not matter how. It can be created by saving, by the state enforcing its will on the people, by the very rich themselves.
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I am very much against makeup and high heels and all that we inherit as 'beauty.'
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Son, give 'em a good show, and always travel first class.
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To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.
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A majority of women's magazines feature women who do amazing things, but then the article focuses on how she ruined it with her shoes.
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We are known as one of the few truly antifascist families in Munich.
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I'm not a fan of action movies.
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Having stretched the boundaries some, I'm perfectly content now to work within them. 'Doonesbury' doesn't need to become 'South Park.' You won't ever see any singing turds.
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My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to try anything.
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When you work in television, you're in the writer's room all the time.
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When I was young, my idea was to become a filmmaker.
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I don't think there's anything worse than your parents being alive and telling you to go give them some money and just act like they're dead.
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I'm not one of those New Yorkers who so much identifies themselves with the city that they can't imagine living anywhere else. I plan to live a lot of other places, but it is defiantly is a big part of who I am. I have a complicated relationship with it. It has changed so much, but I love it, and it's my home. I'm really glad I grew up there.
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I think it's just a nerve-wracking thing to sing in a movie in general.
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Truth be told, I'm not all that comfortable with celebrity culture. That was always something that baffled me, the obsession over fame. I don't think that's a reason why anyone should get into making music.
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For me, it's just always about trying to tell stories that I care about.
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Your body is your temple, it's your home, and you must decorate it.
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A political animal can be defined as a body that will go on circulating a petition even with its heart cut out.
