Alison Bechdel Quotes

But mostly, it's a book about my relationship with my father.

Alison Bechdel

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My son, Jett, is two, and when I was pregnant my nose got bigger, so I got a new one. Everything was bigger for a while after having Jet, but I knew I needed to be able to walk up my stairs without being winded. It took me two years to lose 60 lbs - lots of walking, bike-riding, kick-boxing and performing.

Jill Scott

SonWalkMeWalkingLoseStairs

We recognise in the finished art, which is the result of these conditions, the best words in the best order - poetry; and to put this essential poetry into different classes is impossible.

John Drinkwater

ArtBestWordsPoetryImpossible

I did a lot of jobs when I was a kid - paper boy, grocery boy, all those things. I guess maybe I got a point of view then.

John Garfield

ViewPoint Of ViewBoyKidPoint

I think the most important thing in life is your health. If you haven't got your health, you haven't got anything.

Matthew Rees

LifeHealthThinkYouImportantGot

It seems to me we are losing our way in an effort to get the ratings.

Matt Drudge

EffortLosingMeWaySeemsGet

There's no doubt that I do have extremes of mood that are greater than just about anybody else I know.

Stephen Fry

DoubtKnowMoodGreaterJustThan

I felt a responsibility to present a viable alternative to the popular electric sound.

Ron Carter

ResponsibilityPresentSoundElectric

Leaving Def Jam was kind of a blessing in disguise because we can make whatever record we want.

Mike D

BlessingWantKindLeavingWhatever

I've thought for years that newspapers should all be owned by nonprofits.

Molly Ivins

ThoughtYearsShouldNewspapers

The child who has no need to feign empirical knowledge about life can wonder and fantasise with great ease. The world is his oyster, or any other thing he wants it to be.

Michael Leunig

LifeKnowledgeGreatChildWorld

Age is a convenient barometer of what a person is capable of, but it is only one.

Jared Kushner

AgePersonCapableOnlyConvenient

You've got to be willing to forgive and say, 'God, get something good out of something bad.' And if you'll make that choice... God will do it.

Don Young

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