Katherine Dunn Quotes
No, I've never competed. I did, however, train in a boxing gym with a good coach beginning in 1993. I'd been writing about the sport for a dozen years by then and wanted to know what boxers endured, what it felt like. I was too old to compete when I started, but I sparred enough to get a taste.
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It's my job to have ups and downs because it makes good music.
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Is there any more encouraging sign than to see an Indian, who has never been to a university, like our friend Mr. Asutosh Dey here, for example, carrying out original work and finding it recognized by the foremost societies of the world?
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I don't really desire things. I prefer to spend my money on experiences, on meals or travel.
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I would love to do some theater.
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The climate has been changing since there was a climate.
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My hat's off to Shonda Rhimes.
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You see what happens in college and high school games today - a three-point shot or a dunk. I think that's the reason that you see a lot of that in the pros today.
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Whatever I think the song sounds like is what I'll name it. It's a feeling thing; it's not logical at all.
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If you so choose, even the unexpected setbacks can bring new and positive possibilities. If you so choose, you can find value and fulfillment in every circumstance.
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To keep your job, you fire others or bench them or trade them. You have to do the thinking for 25 guys, and you can't be too close to any of them.
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I see myself as sexy. If you are comfortable with it, it can be very classy and appealing.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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I want to be like Robin Williams, really. It's all the different characters he does, all the different voices.
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Each color lives by its mysterious life.
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You can usually tell when people aren't being authentic, but that goes for every artist, not just white artists.
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You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
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When I walk into a room, I know that everyone in it loves me. I just don’t expect them to realize it yet.
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The nice thing with Shakespeare from a modern point of view is that a lot of stuff that was tragic for him can read as comic for us.
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There's always a theme I'm drawn to, that we humans are not good or bad. We're all a mixture of both. We can have great compassion or commit great violence.
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No, I've never competed. I did, however, train in a boxing gym with a good coach beginning in 1993. I'd been writing about the sport for a dozen years by then and wanted to know what boxers endured, what it felt like. I was too old to compete when I started, but I sparred enough to get a taste.
