42 Quotes by Jessica Hagedorn
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I think for a lot of so-called post-colonial peoples, there's a feeling of not being quite legitimate, of not being pure enough.
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Music is very influential to my writing, as are theater and film.
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I love writing dialogue, and I think a lot of my writing is visual and very cinematic.
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There are certain regions in the country where the indigenous people eat dogs.
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Writers and scholars have emerged in recent times (some familiar, some new) to continue to challenge the notion of a literature that encompasses the world - and reaffirms our existence in it. It is a multicultural vision that embraces and includes our shrinking universe; it is a multicultural vision that the white man fears and a vision that the rest of us can celebrate.
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Life is not simple, and people can't be boxed into being either heroes or villains.
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Adaptability is the simple secret of survival.
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I don't believe in sampling some Tibetan music just to make it sound groovy, but you do your homework, you understand what you're doing with it.
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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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