Karen DeCrow After ‘Roe v. Wade’ – when the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion in 1973 – I thought the national conversation about abortion and birth control would be over. It was not. – Karen DeCrow Abortion Quotes Birth Quotes Control Quotes Conversation Quotes Court Quotes Legalized Quotes National Quotes Roe Quotes Supreme Quotes Wade Quotes The Metropolitan Opera, of course, is the gold standard in opera. The Met experience includes the huge stage, the vast audience, the elaborate sets. Anyone who saw ‘Faust’ there – I did – knows exactly what hell is like, complete with fire, smoke and terror. At 20 and 30, we are like travelers in a foreign country, reading the guide book to learn how to behave, to learn when the post office is open. Trivia looms important; critical issues fade into a pastel background, unrecognized.
Lucille Roybal-Allard People show surprise that I have interests outside my political career. There is subtle surprise, for example, that I would be interested in a recipe. – Lucille Roybal-Allard
Alan Smith I might be too emotional to be a manager. You love your players, don’t you? And I’m not sure I could leave them out. I know how it feels. – Alan Smith
Rick Harrison Las Vegas is a crazy, crazy town at times, so there’s a lot of high-end things I get. – Rick Harrison
Helena Christensen When on the set of a film, you have to play natural for entire scenes in a very unnatural environment. You have to express emotions and interact with other actors and also use your voice. – Helena Christensen
Sloane Crosley I thought I was going to write fiction but I fell backwards into non-fiction. It started when I got locked out of two apartments in one day and I told the story to some friends, one of whom worked in the ‘Village Voice’ and asked me to turn it into an essay. – Sloane Crosley
Robert Bolt The law is not a ‘light’ for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument of any kind. The law is a causeway upon which so long as he keeps to it a citizen may walk safely. – Robert Bolt
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