Karyn Kusama Quotes
Horror, almost better than any of the other genres, pits the will to live against the will toward nihilism. I just think that's worth exploring. I don't know what is more important, actually, to explore than that very dynamic.
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It's expected of novels that they should explain the world and create the illusion that things are ultimately logical and coherent. But that's not what I see around me. Often, events remain mysterious and unresolved, and our emotions reach no catharsis.
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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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God who created us has granted us the faculty of speech that we might disclose the counsels of our hearts to one another and that, since we possess our human nature in common, each of us might share his thoughts with his neighbor, bringing them forth from the secret recesses of the heart as from a treasury.
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I've always wanted to work with Warren Beatty.
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I act for love. I give it my all. I would probably still do it even if I wasn't paid at all. But in terms of equal pay, I need to be paid the same as the guy who has equal billing with me. Otherwise, I won't do it. Because if you accept less, you're just letting everyone else down and continuing the cycle.
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We continue to blame the poor for their own condition. They are lazy. We do not want to know that the poorest of the poor are toddlers under three years of age.
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It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.
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Countries like France should not be naive. We don't have a French YouTube or Amazon or Netflix.
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I'd feel bad pretending my life was anything other than pretty good, so I do the role as well as I can and then I go home, have a cup of tea, see my family and friends, and appreciate what I've got.
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Candidates should be extremely cautious in displaying a sense of humor. If he or she tells a joke with a point, there is almost certain to be some minority group offended.
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We don't grow older, we grow riper.
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It's okay to take time for yourself. We give so much of ourselves to others and we need to be fueled both physically and mentally. If we are in balance, it helps us in all our interactions.
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It seems that this situation is not restricted to science but is more generally human.
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That image is a couple different people's homes that I knew growing up.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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Fair treatment of human beings and animals in many different realms strikes a chord with me.
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I want less and less control with music. Just playing music without any idea of composition or writing.
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I know I can act. There aren't too many other jobs I know how to do.
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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
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We live in a world of virtual goods where none of us own the 0s and 1s. What are you going to do?
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The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.
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Having a purpose and knowing exactly what your values are will add additional years to your life.
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We can reduce these cancer rates - breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer - by 90 percent or more by people adopting what I call a nutritrarian diet.
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Horror, almost better than any of the other genres, pits the will to live against the will toward nihilism. I just think that's worth exploring. I don't know what is more important, actually, to explore than that very dynamic.
