"The punk scene in NY was so gritty……" — Jessica Hagedorn
"The punk scene in NY was so gritty and nihilistic & I was like ooh I want to do that"
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24 Quotes by Jessica Hagedorn
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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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Life is not simple, and people can't be boxed into being either heroes or villains.
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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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More Gritty Quotes
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If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st…
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He's a gritty hockey player, he's got good vision, he's an intelligent player.
— John Muckler
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In the dream world of Matisse and the gritty reality of American frontier, the diversity of women in our society…
— Vera Wang
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Getting down to the nitty-gritty, most people are motivated by unconscious motives most of the time.
— Unknown Author
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I’m loving doing Outlander. We’ve got a great cast and we’re up in the Scottish Highlands. […] It’s big budget,…
— Graham McTavish
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I believe that Manila can be a reflection of your state of mind. Being a city of extreme contrasts it's…
— Carlos Celdran
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A man can stand almost any hardship by day, and be none the worse for it, provided he gets a…
— Horace Kephart
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Nightclub City tells the behind-the-scenes story of Manhattan's glamorous nightlife at its peak. Packed with colorful characters, terrific original research,…
— Debby Applegate
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New York City gritty committee pity the fool that act shitty in the midst of the calm, the witty.
— Pharoahe Monch
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Grit is not synonymous with hard work. It involves a certain single-mindedness. An ungritty prison inmate will mount a daring…
— Chip Heath
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Good politics starts with empathy, proceeds to analysis, then sets out values and establishes the vision, before getting to the…
— David Miliband
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Visitation Street is urban opera writ large. Gritty and magical, filled with mystery, poetry and pain, Ivy Pochoda’s voice recalls…
— Dennis Lehane
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