Dorothy Allison Quotes

My son, Wolf, was born when I was past 40 and the author of a best-selling novel. That means he has grown up a middle-class child - one who sometimes asks me for stories of my childhood but knows nothing of what it means to grow up poor and afraid. I have worked to make sure of that.

Dorothy Allison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 11, 1949

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Men don't want another man to look at their woman because they don't know how to handle it.

John Galliano

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Avon is a unique place to work; we've got family-friendly policies. We have more senior women in high-level management than any other company; 46 percent of our officers are women.

Andrea Jung

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I would argue that's because we had a bunch of smart people running around here. They were coming in and working very hard and many of them had left jobs in which they made significantly more money.

John Hickenlooper

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The future of the world will belong to whoever can harness energy and food.

Mian Muhammad Mansha

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I don't know why I don't watch a lot of movies; I can barely keep up with the things my friends are in. There isn't enough time in life.

Meryl Streep

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Time is the only critic without ambition.

John Steinbeck

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I don't pretend to be an astrophysicist or anything, even though I do read about certain things like metaphysics and cosmology that I've always just been really interested in. I don't pretend to be able to sit down and pontificate on any of these subjects.

Sturgill Simpson

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Forty years later, people still swear they can hear his offstage scream.

Robert Brustein

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It's completely through prayer that I came to believe in God. I just sensed a presence south of my neck.

Mary Karr

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Situational unawareness in the private marketplace or on the battlefield will cost you your livelihood or your life. In the Age of Obama, however, such willful ignorance is a job prerequisite. The less you know the better.

Michelle Malkin

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Long intros are cool because there's a little bit of anticipation, you know?

Miranda Lambert

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I've never been one to let others decide what's right for me or my children.

Judy Blume

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