Karyn Kusama Quotes
I think my narrative is actually pretty interesting if I step back from it and don't engage too much in it, personally or emotionally.
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Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
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The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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I competed in track for 10 years and have been doing kickboxing forever.
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You turn up on set, and somebody who has come out of Oxford, has done a BBC course, is telling you how to act. You think, 'Do me a favour. Go and make a coffee.'
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I'll tell ya, when you open up that can of dab, it's always fresh.
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But I did an awful lot of work in Hollywood, and in New York for that matter.
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You don't just throw the ball - you propel it.
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If it's a good song, it's a good song. I'll take it.
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A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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In a marathon, if you run too fast, you get exhausted. If you run too slow, you never make it.
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From Syria even to Rome I fight with wild beasts, by land and sea, by night and by day, being bound amidst ten leopards, even a company of soldiers, who only grow worse when they are kindly treated.
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I was always very grateful I was never hot. In the entire length of my career, I haven't been the most adored.
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Building a better you is the first step to building a better America.
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I had what AA calls 'a convincer' – which made me realize that I couldn't do it any more. I went out drinking for about 70 hours here in London. At the end I knew I was done.
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I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.
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Hit songs are mysterious and slippery beasts; few artists have a lock on them. This means that many people, like me, have become fans of songs rather than fans of artists.
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I'm not going to be able to play it like somebody else.
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People try to do better than other people. It's an incentive.
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As a creative person, you want to start with a blank canvas.
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I don't know why people are so obsessed with age anyway. I mean, 90 is the new 70; 70 is the new 50 and 50 is the new 40; so the whole act-your-age thing? Only up to a point.
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It would be pretty awesome to hear Eminem singing 'I'm a Good Girl'. Haha! Love Eminem!
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I think my narrative is actually pretty interesting if I step back from it and don't engage too much in it, personally or emotionally.
