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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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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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We say that the ICC is targeting Africans, but all of the victims in our cases in Africa are African victims.
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Trends come and go, and style evolves. It's important to have pieces of jewelry that are timeless and look chic despite ever-changing fashions.
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With a series, you build the character as you go. When you've got a shorter project or a film, you know the overall arc from the beginning.
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As it turns out, three of my four kids are professional singers. And they're really interesting, good singers.
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There is that interesting thing that Haughton Forrest was imagining the landscapes. They are so dramatic. They are dark, big, gloomy paintings and he was making them during some of the most ominous massacres in Tasmania. Forrest was recording history but missing the human story.
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I was brought up to believe you should always live the most interesting life you can.
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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.
