"I still found literary criticism to be a suspect activity"

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Alison Bechdel

#Criticism Quotes #Found Quotes #Stills Quotes

“I guess, on my list, going back to some old American stuff and British stuff that I used to love in the '80s, would be a British show called Dad's Army, which recently just turned into a movie.”
“I don't know. I just want you with me. I had never said those words aloud. Now that I could taste my freedom I wanted him to share it with me. But he couldn't change his life for me. And I couldn't sacrifice my life to be with him”
“I've always stood on one fact - that all over the world, there are only two things, the Establishment and the poor people. The poor people are a massive majority and across the world they are exploited in different kinds of ways. The Establishment depends on exploiting raw materials and the poor.”
“I certainly hope 'Dragon' can leave some legacy behind.”
“I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical.”
“We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.”
“You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed - you're not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that.”
“Successful socialism depends on the perfectibility of man. Unless all, or nearly all, men are high-minded and clear-sighted, it isbound to be a rotten failure in any but a physical sense. Even through it is altruism, socialism means materialism. You can guarantee the things of the body to every one, but you cannot guarantee the things of the spirit to every one; you can guarantee only that the opportunity to seek them shall not be denied to any one who chooses to seek them.”

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