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Ariel Dorfman Quotes

I think to be in exile is a curse, and you need to turn it into a blessing. You've been thrown into exile to die, really, to silence you so that your voice cannot come home. And so my whole life has been dedicated to saying, 'I will not be silenced.'

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: argentinian
Birth: May 6, 1942

Topics

Life Home Blessing Silence Saying

Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said.

People Better You Said More Easier

We shouldn't accept mediocrity as the best a politician can do.

Best Mediocrity Accept Politician

Your surroundings may change but your essence and your personality pretty much stay the same.

Change Personality Surroundings Same

Overnight ratings are dead. It's just not the way TV is sold any more.

Way Dead More Overnight Just TV

I can tell if someone is talking to me because I'm on 'Friends' or cause they just think I'm neat. You know I don't think I've ever spent more than five or ten minutes with somebody who was ogling me because they recognized me from the show.

Me Think Friends Someone Talking

Describing something as the 'Woodstock of...' has taken to mean a one-of-a-kind historic gathering.

Gathering Mean Woodstock Something

For as long as I wanted to swim, I also wanted to do something on TV. My best friend in high school, we used to pretend like we had a TV show, and we had this dream of being the next 'Kate & Allie.' Having that kind of a shtick.

Friend Best School Best Friend Long

I never get any protests from children. All you get are giggles of mirth and squirms of delight. I know what children like.

Children You Know Never Delight Get

I've had biker clubs reach out to me whenever they knew I was in their city.

City Me Reach Out Knew Had

Since 1987, there are now many more of us as at the higher levels with families, so I think, as role models, we are encouraging more women to stay within banking and rise up through the ranks.

Women Think Rise Now More Within

One of the big things, especially if you're eating out frequently, is either splitting an entree with someone or ordering a protein-heavy appetizer for an entree, like a salmon or steak tartar. If I'm dying for a burger, I'll get the burger but have it with salad instead of fries and a glass of red wine instead of a beer.

Mary Helen Bowers

Red Beer Eating Burger Wine Someone

I try to be smart with my comedy. Generally, it devolves into bathroom humour. I describe my comedy as, 'I have the best intentions, but usually it fails.'

Jason Priestley

Best Smart Comedy Bathroom Try

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