"Life is not simple, and people can't be……" — Jessica Hagedorn
"Life is not simple, and people can't be boxed into being either heroes or villains."
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24 Quotes by Jessica Hagedorn
Jessica Hagedorn has 24 quotes on this site.
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Hybridity keeps me from being rigid about most things. It has taught me to appreciate the contradictions in the world…
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There were also horror shows on the radio. Very terrifying and thrilling to me as a kid. They had all…
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Everything matters. Time is precious.
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Don't say Fili, sister. Say Pili. In Tagalog, pili means to choose. Pino means fine. Pilipino equals 'fine choice.
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My identity is linked to my grandmother, who's pure Filipino, as pure as you can probably get. And that shaped…
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It's not just NYU. There are days when I feel like I'm stranded in some upscale mall in Pasadena. Don't…
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I'm preparing for a multimedia theater piece, Airport Music, that's coming up in New York City.
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I don't know what issues concerning identity have helped contemporary fiction evolve to what it is now. All I know…
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Becoming a mother has helped make me a tougher, stronger writer.
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But I think there's a genuine joy, too, a sense that no matter what, even if my stomach's growling, I'm…
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Growing up in the Philippines, I loved all kinds of movies. We had a very healthy film industry there when…
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I also identify as a Latin person, a person who has Latin blood.
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More Boxed Quotes
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one of 45 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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We put limitations on the way that we think about things, on ourselves, think about all the boxes we live…
— Brit Marling
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My yesterdays are all boxed up and neatly put away.
— Sheryl Crow
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I didn't make my first solo record until 1981 so I don't have any 60′s or 70′s recordings but I…
— Adrian Belew
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My career has suddenly started to be the one that I'd always wanted, not in terms of level of success,…
— Rufus Sewell
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People are not "things" to be manipulated, labeled, boxed, bought, and sold. Above all else, they are not "human resources."…
— Dee Hock
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The idea of being a rock and roll musician sort of suited my talents and mentality. The freedom was great,…
— John Lennon
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Is it the lumberman, then, who is the friend and lover of the pine, stands nearest to it, and understands…
— Henry David Thoreau
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Rap game Julio Franco, Chuck Norris, Texas Ranger/ Ice on my fingers look like I slap-boxed a penguin.
— Riff Raff
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I think Mike Gibbons was probably the greatest boxer that ever put a glove on. They called him The Wizard,…
— Tommy Gibbons
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Let's stop being so damn judgemental & crucifying everyone who doesn't fit into our boxed-in perceptions of what is right.
— Gillian Anderson
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We are going to put out a boxed set thing, but I don't want to do it yet. I want…
— Gene Ween
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In those days, when you got boxed, that was it. A lot of old people were there because somebody wanted…
— Kate Millett
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