Dorothy Allison Quotes

Watch out, or I'm liable to put you in a story.

Dorothy Allison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

StoryYouOutWatchPutLiable

I have this part in myself that sometimes gets me into situations that can never end well, just because I want to prove to myself that I'm no good.

Jens Lekman

GoodMyselfMeEndSometimesWant

It's every woman's tragedy, that, after a certain age, she looks like a female impersonator. Mind you, we've known some lovely female impersonators, in our time.

Angela Carter

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I was lucky to have parents who loved me.

Jean Paul Gaultier

ParentsMeLovedLuckyWho

Wrestling and boxing is like Ping-Pong and rugby. There's no connection.

Mickey Rourke

ConnectionBoxingWrestlingRugby

My mother was crazy.

Logic

MotherCrazy

I wouldn't agree with some of the things that the press writes about and that's all I have to say about that.

Josh Bowman

SayThingsAgreePressSomeAbout

It was when I was on stage that I realized that acting could be such a brilliant job.

Domhnall Gleeson

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I was always such an incredible fan of John Woo, I just wanted to do this film with him.

Christian Slater

HimAlwaysFilmJustFanIncredible

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

William Wordsworth

CommunicationHeartPaperYourFill

I went from being a beanpole - like a normal kid of the 1950s - and exploded. The weight piled on and didn't stop until into my adulthood.

Richard Griffiths

StopKid1950sNormalAdulthood

When I first ran for Congress in the 1990s, my background as an openly gay Asian was one of the focal points of the campaign, and, in fact, my opponent attacked me for it.

Mark Takano

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The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban man.

Marshall McLuhan

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