“This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is an insignificant book because it deals with the feelings of women in a drawing-room.”
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“I'm not ashamed to dress "like a woman" because I don't think it's shameful to be a woman.”
― Dum Dum Boys: Iggy Pop by Mikael Jansson
― Dum Dum Boys: Iggy Pop by Mikael Jansson
“I deserve better —such a dangerous, mad thought for a woman to entertain.”
― At Your Pleasure
― At Your Pleasure
“Maidens who stay maidens turn into saints. Old women become sorceresses. Tough jobs, both of these.”
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“...Whenever someone says to me, 'Jerry Lewis says women aren't funny,' or 'Christopher Hitchens says women aren't funny,' or 'Rick Fenderman says women aren't funny... Do you have anything to say to that?'
Yes. We don't fucking care if you like it.
I don't say it out loud, of course, because Jerry Lewis is a great philanthropist, Hitchens is very sick, and the third guy I made up.”
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Yes. We don't fucking care if you like it.
I don't say it out loud, of course, because Jerry Lewis is a great philanthropist, Hitchens is very sick, and the third guy I made up.”
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