Alice Hoffman Quotes

I feel more influenced in my own work by dreams than I do by other writers' works in a way. Or by popular culture, movies - what else is there to write about than love and loss?

Alice Hoffman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 16, 1952

Topics

WorkLoveDreamsCultureFeelLoss

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea.

John Adams

MoreRightNationHangNecessity

Once, at Thanksgiving, a neighbor wandered in while my cousin Lisa worked on a turkey, shearing meat off its frame and sliding the steaming slices onto a big flowered plate. 'Hey, that's the man's job,' she yelped, in between slurps of her Big Gulp. No one even paused to acknowledge the comment; everyone just laughed and laughed.

Jenna Wortham

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When you receive criticism, you should take it in your side, but I've received love more than anything else, and that's what motivates me and keeps me going.

Mawra Hocane

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The media here is the opposition party. They don't understand this country. They still do not understand why Donald Trump is the president of the United States.

Steve Bannon

MediaPartyCountryDonald TrumpWhy

Ambiguity in directors is a hard thing to deal with.

Skeet Ulrich

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The act of thinking and interpreting is so central to Judaism that it makes more sense that we've become people like Woody Allen - thinkers and talkers and drafters of law.

Tony Kushner

PeopleLawThinkingBecomeMoreAct

I'm 100 per cent motivated. I haven't done enough yet in cycling to be satisfied.

Lizzie Armitstead

EnoughDoneSatisfiedCyclingCent

I have many shortcomings. I feel very lucky to have been able to have what I've had.

Joshua Lederberg

FeelLuckyBeenAbleI FeelMany

Voting in our country has never been easy, and unfortunately, it has never been guaranteed for everyone. But through the work of brave civil rights leaders, some of whom died for the cause, by the early 2000s we were at a point where most, but still not all, people who wanted to vote could do so.

Jason Kander

WorkPeopleBraveVotingEasyEarly

The 'Station to Station' film is a fast-moving journey through the modern creative landscape. It's a kaleidoscope of voices and impressions rather than a standard linear film.

Doug Aitken

JourneyCreativeLandscapeModern

My No. 1 artistic inspiration in theater is Brian Stokes Mitchell.

Brandon Victor Dixon

InspirationBrianTheaterArtistic

I hated the Naked Chef. Fine, yes, he did good things for school food or whatever, but, you know, I don't want my chefs to be cute and adorable.

Anthony Bourdain

GoodCuteFoodSchoolChefYou

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