"I just finished Katherine Boo's 'Behind the Beautiful……" — Alison Pill
"I just finished Katherine Boo's 'Behind the Beautiful Forevers' about the Annawandi slum in Mumbai. A punch in the gut, inspiring, crushing."
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21 Quotes by Alison Pill
Alison Pill has 21 quotes on this site.
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I have finally completed painting our bedroom! So many walls, so much ceiling! Now eating pizza and watching 'The Big…
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That photo post didn't work at all, did it? Ugh. Stupid compooters.
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Listening to the new Cat Power album 'Sun.' It's flooping wonderful. I highly recommend for a rainy-ish or troubling day.
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I want to be Michelle Obama when I grow up. Not the First Lady stuff, but the cool mom, great…
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I am not a supporter of separatism. I am from Toronto, my dad grew up in Montreal, I believe it…
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A new vegetarian McD's has opened in India. I kind of want in. It's so wrong, but those fries. Those…
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Sometimes, a Sunday afternoon needs a whole mango to be kept entirely for oneself, and eaten in one sitting.
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Reading Orwell's 'Road to Wigan Pier'. I think every policy person should read it. Prescient, gnarly, ugly, and moving.
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Sometimes, when a poopy thing gets stuck in your head, and you just can't get it out, listen to 'Hate…
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We saw a beautiful deer, and I told Jay 'Whatever you do, don't go into the clearing,' and then I…
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Why are all ads secret weight loss or aging 'tricks?' That weird orange grandma?
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Grade three. Jurassic Park game. Being chased by a raptor, I fell, slid and bloodied myself. Elbow took it hard.
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The worse my drawings were, the more beautiful did the originals appear.
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