Jennifer Stone Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“writers who go outside the lines when they draw pictures of the world are seldom rewarded for their efforts.”
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“One parody is worth a thousand polemics ...”
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“like any Irish mother, I am scar tissue to the bone.”
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“a time has come in our history when what is known has little connection with what is done.”
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“If it true that perception is reality, then what is shown on TV is that part of the collective consciousness known as Public Knowledge, that is, the fragment of reality which the mass of people acknowledge to be true.”
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“ladies are just those of us who have been silenced.”
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“All media can muddy the mind. Language leads to literature. It also leads to dogma.”
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“When I went to school, they told me literature was a rope I must use to climb out of the dark well of unknowing. Writers are the knots on the rope.”
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“married was the loneliest I got - being without the one you're with.”
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“if we begin on the men, there is no stopping. We must love them when we can.”
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“TV shapes thought as surely as language shapes it.”
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“TV taste is an aftertaste. Whatever gets on the tube is always a foregone conclusion, a fait accompli. That is, any new ideas or social changes have already been fought for in the real world of the streets, or in the bedroom or even the law courts long before they reach the screen. By the time you see it on prime time, it's usually all over and done with, whatever it was. Television by definition is not avant garde. It is often reactionary and always sentimental.”
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“Greed stains our culture, soaks our sensibilities and has replaced grace as a sign of our intimacy with the divine.”
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“Most of us do not use speech to express thought. We use it to express feelings.”
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“Most people wish to be consoled, confirmed. They want their prejudices reinforced and their structured belief systems validated. After all, it hurts to think, and it's absolute agony to think twice.”
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“During the summertime, I really like to dress like a gypsy. I love that whole lifestyle and the whole mixing of fabrics and flowy materials.”
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“We do what we can. The results are none of our business.”
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“I love any kind of acting, so if I could focus on becoming the best actor I can strictly on my voice, I would love that.”
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“I do have an older brother! But you know, he and I have always gotten along. We've always had different aspirations.”
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“Perhaps society should give actors the same sort of protection it gives to those who follow a religious life. Actor/priest was originally the same job. The theater is left wing magic and theology is right wing magic.”
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“Just as a salesperson is never extreme or original or overdressed, so the TV retailers never do anything to distract their audiences from the real product, the commercial.”
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“Growing old is not a thing to watch. It cannot be forgiven in others. Alone, it can be borne. Even indulged.”
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“Human comedy is more profound than tragedy. In tragedy we die and it is very sad. In comedy we avoid death, and it is even sadder.”
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“I'm accused of cleverness as if it were a sin. She is merely clever, they say.”
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