Alice Hoffman Quotes

The original fairy tale was about the youngest sister going into a room in the castle and finding all the bodies of the wives that came before her - she is confronted with truth, thinking about how often we think we know people and we really don't.

Alice Hoffman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TruthPeopleSisterThinkThinking

If we're the country that makes Amazon and Facebook and Twitter, why can't the federal government have websites and digital services that are awesome?

Megan Smith

GovernmentCountryWhyWebsites

I see a lot of connections between folk and punk music just because they're both subcorporate music - I mean, traditionally.

Ani DiFranco

MusicConnectionsJust BecauseMean

There's huge opportunities to continue to improve efficiency in the way the government operates and improve the way government provides services to its citizens.

Steve Daines

GovernmentOpportunitiesEfficiency

If Indonesia improves governance of the fisheries sector and invests in large-scale maritime transport, it can double fish production by 2019.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

FishTransportDoubleProduction

Every human being has to feel a part of a tribe. It's programmed into us. And you have to feel that you're contributing to something.

Steven Hatfill

FeelYouHumanTribeHuman BeingUs

While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive.

Sissela Bok

DeceptionDeceiveSecrecyMeant

I like to write books that touch my heart. I want to entertain, and I love to entertain myself.

Simone Elkeles

LoveHeartMyselfWantTouchWrite

The film-school mantra is that if you don't tell your own stories, nobody will.

Mira Nair

YouNobodyWillMantraTellOwn

I'd love to jump in a spaceship and shoot myself to the moon, where I'll paint the word 'Love.' So when people step outside before they go to bed and look up to see it, they'll just dream of love.

Luke James

LoveMyselfStepPeopleMoonLook

I take music very seriously, but it's important to me that my music is - I don't know if 'intuitive' is the word, but there's a really important element of something kind of mysterious. It's not academic or esoteric.

Julia Holter

MusicMeKnowImportantSeriously

I grew up loving TV so much. It was such an integral part of my youth, and I was completely an Emmy geek.

Jon Cryer

YouthLovingUpGeekMuchPart

I think cultures of conformity produce vast quantities of shame, both in people who simply can't conform and people who do conform, but underneath, they're not feeling conformist.

Jonathan Franzen

PeopleThinkFeelingShameCultures

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