"Women need to become literary criminals, break the literary laws and reinvent their own, because the established laws prevent women from presenting the reality of their lives."

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Source : "Bodies of Work". Book by Kathy Acker, 1996.

Kathy Acker

#Reality Quotes #Law Quotes #Criminals Quotes

“Male philosophers coin phrases -- 'virtue is its own reward' -- and female workers embody them.”
“And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that's what is required of the industry today.”
“My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire.”
“The token gay character is always so funny and so fantastic. That's happened a lot. Or they're often purely victims.”
“What is research but a blind date with knowledge?”
“The Republican Party looks at massive immigration, legal and illegal, as a source of cheap labor, satisfying a very important constituency.”

Source : Interview with John Hawkins, rightwingnews.com. February 26, 2012.
“Use of the word; the word itself was not printed.”
“Meat is a status dish in which the sizzle counts for more than the nutritional worth.”

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