"Sometimes, walking with a friend, I forget the world."

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Source : Grace Paley, Vera B. Williams (1991). “Long Walks and Intimate Talks”, p.9, Feminist Press at CUNY

Grace Paley

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“In the '80s and '90s, there was some degree of compassion for people with HIV because there was visible human suffering.”
“For the camera, I like the feeling of changing into different characters. Even though I'm not acting, I still have to be someone different to show the product. If I'm not being someone different, I won't find it fun. I love the shows because it transforms you into a different person. Not Malaika - it makes me someone else. Naturally, I'm quiet and crazy. But when they give me an outfit, like a very elegant outfit, it transforms me into this beautiful woman - I can feel it inside me. I like that, playing different characters. I'm really interested in acting.”
“You're going to get yourself into a lot of trouble." "Why?" "Because of her right there. Do you know what Daisy would do if you ever cheated on her." "Move on to the next guy that told her she has nice tits." "Okay, you're probably right on that one.”
“We don't hire ministers or priests to teach and care for us. This forces us to teach and care for each other - and in my view, this is the core of Christian living as Christ taught it.”
“A misfit like me getting anywhere in Hollywood as I somehow have, seemed, certainly at the time of 'Spanking The Monkey,' kind of out of reach, or not a very realistic take.”

Source : Interview with Nathan Rabin, film.avclub.com. November 21, 2007.
“Catholics don't believe in divorce. We do believe in murder. There's always Confession, after all. --Brianna Fraser to Roger MacKenzie”
“What Republicans have done in my view is that they are systematically dismantling a sense of community in America.”
“Genius has no country. It blossoms everywhere. Genius is like the light, the air. It is the heritage of all.”

Source : Toast to the artists Juan Luna and Felix Hidalgo in Madrid, June 25, 1884.

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