Rachel Kushner Quotes
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All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until what he believes to be a good idea for a work comes to him.
W. H. Auden -
I like to dress for my body type and for my coloring.
Victoria Justice -
The learned man knows that he is ignorant.
Victor Hugo -
I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
Larry Wilmore -
The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism destroys wit, so women must choose between taking lovers and taking no prisoners.
Florence King -
I'm an artist at heart.
Lance Reddick
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I have to think about how to not spread myself too thin. It's a really great problem to have.
Nate Silver -
I've always been extremely physically active.
Danai Gurira -
I feel like, as a celebrity, I have a responsibility to tell important stories.
Q'orianka Kilcher -
I'm not usually attracted to big-budget American films.
Ian Hart -
Of course there are times when I think, 'I'd be better out of this.'
Barry Took -
Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.
Garry Kasparov
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The interests of the Soviet Union are in controlling highly developed countries and having the benefit of their economies so that they can run their own inefficient empire.
Barbara Amiel -
Unlike many Californians or New Yorkers, college football is a religion down south.
Omari Hardwick -
Sometimes when you play a character, you can feel it in your body. And I felt like I had characteristics of my dog: the way Webster moves, the way he holds his head. I kind of adapted it into this part unconsciously.
Calista Flockhart -
I'm uncomfortable with the limelight. I'm not the type to go to the places where I know I'll be seen. I'd rather keep a low profile.
Rachel Hurd-Wood -
The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.
Zola Jesus -
The idea of money being something physical is almost entirely a fiction. Sure, you can go to your ATM and pull out cash. And you can feel cash in your back pocket and have some tangible comfort there - but in reality, the majority of your money is a number on a screen.
Tyler Winklevoss
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Keep your head down. Mind your business and do the best job you can.
Bill Raftery -
If you really want something, you'll make it work.
Rita Ora -
There are a lot of things we're doing wrong or we wouldn't be under .500. It's not like we're doing one or two things wrong.
Allen Iverson -
By profession a biologist, [Thomas Henry Huxley] covered in fact the whole field of the exact sciences, and then bulged through its four fences. Absolutely nothing was uninteresting to him. His curiosity ranged from music to theology and from philosophy to history. He didn't simply know something about everything; he knew a great deal about everything.
H. L. Mencken -
My neighbors think I do nothing because I don't go to a job, which is fine and good.
Rachel Kushner