Katherine Dunn Quotes

The denial of female aggression is a destructive myth. It robs an entire gender of a significant spectrum of power, leaving women less than equal with men and effectively keeping them 'in their place' and under control.

Katherine Dunn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WomenPowerMenControlGender

I saw people get fired after their eviction. But when I found that if you get evicted, your chances of losing your job increase by 20 percent, that's when it really hit home for me.

Matthew Desmond

HomeJobLosingPeopleMeYou

It's tricky to ask a filmmaker to explain his own work; usually we're the least qualified to make sense of what we've done, unfortunately, because of the tunnel vision required to create anything over four years.

Stephen Gaghan

WorkVisionCreateDoneAnything

I'll still make movies for studios, but my editing process will be much further removed from the studio system. Because I don't understand it. I don't understand the whole testing-numbers thing. It is not how I want to make movies. So if that's how they do it, then I don't think I want to do it.

Spike Jonze

ThinkProcessWantMoviesUnderstand

I worked on 'Sarah Connor' even longer than 'Firefly.' And I always remembered how generous everyone was to me when I didn't know what to do, and I didn't know the rules, and I didn't know camera angles, and I didn't know lighting.

Summer Glau

MeCameraRulesKnowAlwaysAngles

I would say I'm an optimist by nature.

Steve Tisch

NatureSayOptimistWould

If there are nine guys auditioning and they're all gorgeous, I have an advantage, because gorgeous guys are a dime a dozen. But if they need someone else - like a goofy guy with bad hair who is just okay - then that's me. And finally, the other 2 percent who audition are geniuses that I could never touch.

Tom Hanks

MeHairSomeoneBadNeverOkay

Maybe I'm a control freak.

Robin Wright

ControlFreakMaybeControl Freak

I feel Afghanistan has a very strong social fabric and sense of family... what I would like to do is encourage everybody in the country to appreciate more the role of women at home and outside.

Rula Ghani

FamilyHomeWomenStrongAppreciate

Creative new health strategies like micro-insurance for poor people or Kangaroo care for pre-term babies are transforming health outcomes in even the most low-resource settings. Dedication and innovation are transforming health care worldwide.

Liya Kebede

InnovationHealthCreativeDedication

I will be sent back to Washington, D.C., with the grace of God and all the Alaskan voters out there because all Alaskans have asked me to go back and continue my service.

Lisa Murkowski

GodServiceGraceMeBackGo

I consider high-speed data transmission an invention that became a major innovation. It changed the way we all communicate.

Dean Kamen

InnovationDataWayInventionMajor

What you see is what you get, and the majority of people in my life that loan me clothes know that they've never seen me in a suit.

Brantley Gilbert

LifePeopleMeMy LifeClothesYou

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