Mat Kearney Quotes
I've always been a writer. I've always done writing or spoken-word, hip-hop stuff with my friends.
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I've worked so hard since I was 18 years old, and I'd hate for the memories to be boiled down to being a Melania Trump impersonator.
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In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.
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I went to bed last night dreaming of tuna melts. I love food.
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Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows 'I am!' No one can deny his own being.
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If you work in a public space, you have to be aware that no one is buying a ticket.
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Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
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I just love France, I love French people, I love the French language, I love French food. I love their mentality. I just feel like it's me. I'm very French.
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I got into politics because businessmen should be spending your money.
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You can take the boy out of Bombay; you can't take Bombay out of the boy, you know.
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Coming up with ideas isn't hard. The real challenge is finding the time to actually build something and then finding a home for it.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process.
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I've met the Dalai Lama briefly, but I would probably say my grandfather was the wisest person I ever met. He was my mother's father, an Indian, a family doctor, and very unlike me in that he was deeply religious.
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I'd been coming to New York for weekends since I was 17, and after 9/11, I started making these trips more frequently, just to make contact with the city.
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Every time you treat an Iraqi disrespectfully, you are working for the enemy.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.
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It's the way you ride the trail that counts.
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If you take shortcuts, you get cut short.
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I learned about HeLa cells in my first basic biology class, and I just became completely obsessed with them from that point on.
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As with any moderately famous person, footballers are the source of much gossip. In fact, I'd go as far as to say they are targeted. The fun part as their partner is not knowing who, or what, to believe.
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I wasn't pampered the way a Tyrone Power was.
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In the writers' room, when we talk about each episode, we first talk about the character journey of the episode.
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I've always been a writer. I've always done writing or spoken-word, hip-hop stuff with my friends.
