Katha Pollitt Quotes

In our culture, the shame about accidental pregnancy is inextricable from the shame about having had sex. That disapproval of sex is one reason our record with contraception is so poor. If you're not supposed to be sexual, you don't plan for sex. You cross your fingers and hope for the best.

Katha Pollitt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 14, 1949

Topics

HopeBestCulturePlanYouSex

I've done my time in being broke in Indonesia. Eating Goat soup. Australia's a developed country, you've got a lot of taxes, rents are high and its quite difficult to survive as an artist especially when you are just coming up.

Andrew Jack

TimeEatingSurviveSoupYouArtist

What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation.

Anatole France

ConversationUsSaneMostMadman

I've been dipping my toes back into TV.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

BackBeenToesTVDipping

You basically have to be willing to devote your life to journalism if you want to break in. Treat it like it's medical school or law school.

Michael Hastings

LifeMedicalSchoolLawTreatYou

I've always had this theory that if you're good at something, you should do it.

Michael Bacon

GoodYouAlwaysTheorySomething

Like every other self-respecting academic, I'm distrustful of self-help books.

Amitava Kumar

AcademicBooksLikeSelf-HelpEvery

You should be able to wear exactly what you want to wear.

Stromae

YouWantWearAbleShouldExactly

I just want to become the best player I can be.

Romelu Lukaku

BestI CanWantBecomeJustPlayer

I love to paint. And I have another profession - an interior design business.

Mary Steenburgen

LoveBusinessDesignInteriorPaint

There's no question in my mind that I think I would have been a better president than Barack Obama has been.

Mitt Romney

MindThinkBetterPresidentQuestion

The 'Station to Station' film is made entirely out of one-minute films, and each of the 62 minutes is a completely different person, place or encounter.

Doug Aitken

PlacePersonOutFilmDifferent

Venture capital is always wanting to go up market.

Clayton M. Christensen

GoAlwaysUpVenture CapitalMarket

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