"To speak from a particular place and time is not provincialism but part of a writer's identity."

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Source : "My California: Journeys by Great Writers". Book edited by Donna Wares, 1999.

Dana Gioia

#Identity Quotes #Speak Quotes #Particular Quotes

“Those in powerless positions aren't about to complain about bullying bosses, abusive supervisors or corrupt co-workers. There is no safe way to do so and no process that promises redress.”
“My children didn't have my advantages; I was born into abject poverty.”
“Mostly your love is passionate force. But when this passionate force turns itself to be a compassionate force under the guidance of compassionate intelligence, that is where one becomes brahm giani. One knows all, one sees all, one says all.”
“The half-life of companies is shrinking. So in the same ease in which you can start a company today to disrupt an incumbent, you have to also realize that somebody will do that to you as well just as easily. So if you're not just going to get on top but stay on top, that will require a real prepared mind across many companies.”

Source : Source: www.businessinsider.com
“Not all games are innocent. Some come dangerously close to cruelty.”
“I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.”

Source : Katherine Mansfield (1987). “The Collected Letters of Katherine Mansfield: Volume II: 1918-September 1919”, OUP Oxford
“I would love to see more women directors because they represent half of the population - and gave birth to the whole world. Without them writing and being directors, the rest of us are not going to know the whole story.”

Source : "Wanted: female film-makers" by Viv Groskop, www.theguardian.com. May 19, 2009.
“The moment I got a very big studio, everything took off.”

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