Dorothy Allison Quotes

I was born in 1949, and by the time I was 10, I figured out that my hope chest was not aimed in the same direction everybody else's was. And that life was going to be very, very complicated. And that I could either be provocative and declamatory, or shy, retiring and scared.

Dorothy Allison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeHopeTimeDirectionBornShy

I've been fortunate enough to travel to Edinburgh a few times over the last few years, and I just loved the city. I find it one of the more beautiful cities in Europe.

Joe Russo

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Unfortunately, hardworking, academically gifted young people are kind of lazy when it comes to determining direction.

Andrew Yang

PeopleDirectionYoungLazyKind

Ashlee Simpson kicking her dressing room door after getting caught lip-synching - that was interesting to watch.

Meghan McCain

DoorInterestingDressingRoomWatch

This was 1978, when flying was still an occasion, a special grand event that took planning and care. I worked as a TWA flight attendant then. I stood in my Ralph Lauren uniform at the boarding door and smiled at the passengers through lips coated with lipstick that perfectly matched the stripe on my jacket. Mostly, the passengers smiled back.

Ann Hood

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When sparrows build and the leaves break forth, My old sorrow wakes and cries.

Jean Ingelow

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The day I woke up and Reddit was working on its own was just the most incredible feeling.

Steve Huffman

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I actually like being alone. I spend most evenings reading and taking long baths.

Shonda Rhimes

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It's a humbling thing, having kids. One of my sons came to rehearsals, and now he says Daddy's job is 'go play loud music.'

Trent Reznor

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I've said to others that there were places I had forgotten about that were just so powerful. I've read the Gospels many times, but it's been a while since I've read through a whole book.

Michael W. Smith

BookPowerfulSaidPlacesOthers

If someone you know makes a bad decision or uses bad judgment, it doesn't mean you have to allow that to alter your attitude. Why should you allow anyone else's bad decisions to send you into a tailspin of misery?

Joyce Meyer

AttitudeDecisionDecisionsSomeone

You know how many movies it took Tom Cruise before he was making 5, 6 million dollars? It probably took a billion dollars in box office.

Jason Patric

YouKnowMoviesCruiseOfficeBox

Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production.

Joseph Brodsky

LifePoetryProductionThingsRather

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