Grace Paley Quotes

Rosiness is not a worse windowpane than gloomy gray when viewing the world.

Grace Paley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 11, 1922 - August 22, 2007

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Bob Fosse, even though he wasn't gay. He was certainly queer and had a huge effect on the 'Hedwig' film, as did Hal Ashby and Robert Altman, who had a weird butch queer feeling about him. His films almost flirted with camp but in an extremely realistic acting way.

John Cameron Mitchell

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In my mind, the CalMac ferry is linked with the joy of arrival, the sadness of departure, the loss of loved ones brought home by ferry to rest in island soil. It is friendships made and a working life begun.

Johann Lamont

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When you're the object of everyone's affection, make no mistake about it: you are an object. People don't have any interest in loving you for you. Their love for you is for who they think you are.

Jennette McCurdy

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It's not all the time, but you get a sense when you're reading something that it's no longer about boxing or the performance. It's personal.

Andre Ward

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Financial crises are an unfortunate but necessary consequence of modern capitalism.

Andrew Lo

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'Porgy and Bess' has never been thought of as a dance show, and yet it's filled with dance. It uses dance to punctuate the action, or as background, or as atmosphere; even when it's front and center, it isn't crucial.

Robert Gottlieb

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A big part of finding the right resources is knowing what to look for and what to avoid.

Matthew Lesko

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Some ideas you have to chew on, then roll them around a lot, play with them before you can turn them into funky science fiction.

Rudy Rucker

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Life is warfare.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Miracles happen everyday, change your perception of what a miracle is and you'll see them all around you.

Jon Bon Jovi

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I'm not looking for people to put that vote on me to be prom king of the UFC.

Demetrious Johnson

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Therefore, when we arrive in a place and talk to new people about a new image, it is very hard for them to visualize it. That's where the drawings are very important, because at least we can show a projection of what we believe it will look like.

Christo

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