Katherine Dunn Quotes

At its heart, 'Fat City' is not about boxing. It is a universal story of grim realities and toxic delusions. It is awash with awareness of chances blown, dreams stymied, precious time wasted, and all future prospects scorched to ashes by the process.

Katherine Dunn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 24, 1945 - May 11, 2016

Topics

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We are one of the richest countries in the world, and there is absolutely no reason why anyone should have to live in poverty.

Jeremy Corbyn

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Early on, I played a Chinese delivery person, and even that, which was very innocuous, felt like I was somehow betraying myself. I felt very self-conscious on set doing that role, with a crew that was almost entirely white.

John Cho

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Most financiers, corporate lawyers, lobbyists, and management consultants are competing with other financiers, lawyers, lobbyists, and management consultants in zero-sum games that take money out of one set of pockets and put it into another.

Robert Reich

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I think it's awesome. Playing here in Baltimore is a dream come true for me.

Steve Clevenger

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I don't go into rehearsal for a production unless I've figured everything out.

Stephen Karam

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I call upon my God to judge me, he knows that I love my friends and above all others my wife and children, the, oppinion of the world to contrary notwithstanding.

Stand Watie

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There's a lot of automation that can happen that isn't a replacement of humans but of mind-numbing behavior.

Stewart Butterfield

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You can't be satirical and not be offensive to somebody.

Tom Lehrer

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The responsibilities which are imposed by rank and privilege and good fortune can... become very onerous indeed.

Robert W. Welch, Jr.

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On my morning run, I listen to sports talk radio.

Lisa Guerrero

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Those days were very tough. All my teammates are white, and it was a different time. I couldn't go out to eat with the white players; I had to wait until someone brought something out to the bus. We couldn't stay in the same hotels.

Juan Marichal

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It's like you take these great actors and put them in an aquarium of life and just watch them swim. That's what makes editing tough because you get all these beautiful, unplanned moments.

Derek Cianfrance

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