Dorothy Allison Quotes

Where story comes from, I don't know. I know that I become obsessed with something. An idea, an image, a person, the way a person talks. And then something starts happening that I can't explain, and it has a lot to do with language.

Dorothy Allison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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If you can lie, you can act, and if you can lie to crazy girlfriends, you can act under pressure.

Joe Rogan

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If anyone wants to know why three kids in one family made it to the big leagues they just had to know how we helped each other and how much we practiced back then. We did it every minute we could.

Joe DiMaggio

FamilyBackKnowThreeWhyBig

Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire.

Solomon Ibn Gabirol

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I am old enough to have grown up glued to a screen offering only three alternatives, each of which was an all-powerful national network that seemed permanently ensconced in the entertainment stratosphere.

Steven Levy

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The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest.

Rodney Dangerfield

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I own 100% of everything because I like to control what I do.

Roustam Tariko

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We came from the '60s era, when we started and made so many hits. The song value from the '60s was so darn good, you've got The Beatles, The Beach Boys, all of Motown, and plenty of other people, too... amazing records, amazing songs.

Mike Love

GoodBeachValuePeopleAmazingYou

I would run into the corner store, the bodega, and just grab a paper bag or buy juice - anything just to get a paper bag. And I'd write the words on the paper bag and stuff these ideas in my pocket until I got back. Then I would transfer them into the notebook.

Jay-Z

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I grew up with three brothers, so nearly everything I had was destroyed or made fun of.

Douglas Coupland

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I like light green, sometimes red is fun to look at, not a fan of yellow, unless it's in a rainbow or on a coffee mug or on a happy face.

Chris Kattan

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I'm healed up and I feel great. After going through the fire, it's great to be out performing again.

Chris LeDoux

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A generation of children has been betrayed.

William Hague

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