Charlie Kaufman Quotes
I think generally I'm kind of interested in subjective experience, what goes on inside someone's head, that being all they really know of the world.
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If large numbers of people believe they have no shot at a better life in the future, they will work less hard and generate fewer new ideas and businesses. The economy, as a whole, will be poorer.
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Tom Brokaw was never young.
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I think same sex couples should be able to get married.
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I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I've had, they'd look like they were through. Done. But there's something about me - I'm smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I'm smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.
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It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.
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Detroit's industrial ruins are picturesque, like crumbling Rome in an 18th-century etching.
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I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me.
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Everyone wants me to be perfect, but I am so far from perfect!
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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Remember that no relationship is a total waste of time. You can always learn something about yourself.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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I feel like I should be more in touch with the nuances of this game.
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Since first starting my career, I've grown accustomed to working with actors older than me. I'm always the youngest.
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I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them.
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A long-lasting and sustained recovery will never be achieved through massive government spending programs.
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I love soccer. My father is from Argentina and my mother is from El Salvador. I grew up watching Argentinean soccer. I get really worked up watching soccer. It's in my blood.
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The motivation should come from regulatory enforcement, but enforcement is weak, and environmental litigation is near to impossible. So there's an urgent need for extensive public participation to generate another kind of motivation.
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Therapists have tremendous power over their vulnerable clients, and it is very easy to take advantage of this power.
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I know a little more about Kinsey than I know about sex because that is his subject not mine.
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I actually try not to go on my phone too much. That's something that's been a huge self-care move for me. I got rid of my iPhone, and so I'm actively working toward trying to be more present and not feeling uncomfortable when I don't have it as a coping mechanism.
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Okay, here is the uplifting part: Your life isn't and has never been about you....about what you accomplish, how successful you are or are not, how much money you make, what sort of position you ascend to,...or how much good you do for others or the world at large. Your life, like mine, and like everyone else's has always been about one thing: love.
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[Fall of the Berlin Wall] is a reminder that the commitment of the United States, to Europe is enduring and it's rooted in the values we share; our commitment to democracy, our commitment to rule of law, our commitment to the dignity of all people in our own countries and around the world.
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Where I grew up in Dallas, things might be a little more traditional. People have the same things in mind. They're supposed to grow up, go to college, get a job, get married, and have children, grandchildren. That's the world I grew up in.
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I think generally I'm kind of interested in subjective experience, what goes on inside someone's head, that being all they really know of the world.
