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- Nov 07, 2020
Ale Quotes
A small, varied set of reflections.
This is a modest, loosely connected collection, grounded mainly in a historical comparison of the scale of wartime scientific effort between two countries. Other entries touch briefly on film ratings and the kinds of scripts actors look for. Related quotes appear in our Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Hot
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really want to work with Tom Hardy. Christian Bale and Russell Crowe are also on my list. Those are my top three actors. As far as actresses go, Kate Beckinsale, because she's so smokin' hot.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
Solving problems for users at scale ultimately results in monetization opportunities.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody would comment on what clothes male conductors wear. Or if they kind of put on some weight or something like that, and maybe their jacket is a little bit too tight. But if that happens to me as a female, then that's immediately pointed out.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Firstly, I think that now there are many young female conductors, but as it takes at least thirty years for a conductor to 'ripen/mature,' we'll only see them in 'top conductors statistics' in some decades.
- Friendship
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really enjoy writing about female friendship. It's an endlessly interesting dynamic for me.
- Because
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I have chosen the female form in particular, it is because beauty has been debased and exploited in our sensual 20th century.
- Female Characters
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- Nov 07, 2020
All too often, female characters, in particular, aren't multi-layered enough.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
In life, with my friends, I don't see them as male or female; I just see them as people.
- Belts
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- Nov 07, 2020
Indeed, the whole point of the man bun, I have surmised, is to assert a high proficiency at yoga. There are no yoga-achievement badges, no coloured belts like judo, so the male yoga expert needs some other kind of visible symbol.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I dislike turtlenecks at the best of times, as they are always unflattering to the imperfect male physique, but when worn in combination with a v-neck sweater, they say 'Grandpa' louder than any other item of clothing.
- Does
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- Nov 07, 2020
The locale does not determine the dress code; the host does.
- Dearth
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- Nov 07, 2020
From its beginning, fan fiction has been written mostly by women. Originally, this was because of a dearth of interesting female characters in conventional sci-fi.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
Friday is my night for letting my hair down, and once a month a group of my old male friends will come down and stay at our house in Hampshire.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For some of my young female readers, it will be the first time they will have seen a Punjabi author be successful in the West. Because I'm dealing with topics that aren't always easily discussed, I know they will look up to me, because I would have done the same. So I just want to make sure I do right by them, wherever this takes me.
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- Nov 07, 2020