"The knowledge that my discriminations are skewed and not always universally desirable doesn't stop me in the least from making them."

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Source : Phillip Lopate (2004). “Getting Personal: Selected Writings”, p.143, Basic Books

Phillip Lopate

#Discrimination Quotes

“You can run a sprint or your can run a marathon, but you can't sprint a marathon.”
“I do have personal relationships with a lot of "fans," in quotations. I answer all my mail, I get emails from fans, and I try to answer them all. That's important to me, but occasionally there's the thing where people basically ask me to write book reports for them, and I don't have that kind of time. I feel like there's a certain sexism involved, like because I'm a woman I'm supposed to constantly be like giving to everybody.”

Source : Source: www.aboutfilm.com
“You know, when you do standup there are certain requirements that you have to do like you have to go on stage and when you get introduced you have to say "Hey,how ya doin'? How are ya?" I couldn't do it. It was false.”
“When you open your heart with a quiet mind love rushes in.”
“I do regard myself as very lucky.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“And when I say craziest, I mean, like, I want to do like Olympic-level things.”
“Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.”
“Sometimes you do get tired in the business from all the traveling. No one outside of the business realizes what we go through. ... Sometimes you don't mean to be unkind, but sometimes you're tired and do things you don't mean. I know the real fans understand.”

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