Karyn Kusama Quotes
There's something about the girls and the boys who just live for the moment and don't think a second beyond their needs and the here and now that, ultimately, is pretty tragic.
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I'm not the biggest comic book fan.
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Ohio has long been an embarrassment to charter-school supporters nationwide, with its trail of scandal and graft and abysmal student performance.
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I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country.
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I have never taken myself that seriously as an actor.
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Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel economy standards for the existing set of vehicles by 10 miles per gallon using existing technology, without compromising safety or comfort at all.
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No one remembers who came in second.
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We have heard time and time again in the course of our work how talking can help heal the hidden challenges we can't deal with alone.
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In the hands of a passive-aggressive person who wants to abdicate responsibility for things, texting is a great tool. You can really go nuts.
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I read about human psychology, practise balance, and accept that everything and everyone in our lives is transient. One day, people will criticise you, and the next day, they will praise you.
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Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.
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I am going to confront the old-fashioned negative thinking which says that all government needs to do to generate growth is cut worker and environmental protections, cut taxes on the rich and stroke 'fat cats' until they purr with pleasure. I'm completely repudiating the idea that government has to get out of the way.
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Recollection is not something that I can summon up, it simply comes and I am the servant of it.
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It was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.
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OK, I'm happy. I'm happy. All right? I'm happy.
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Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
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Whatever one thinks of the wisdom of building a mosque near Ground Zero, this controversy now affords us an immense opportunity to examine who we are as a people. It provides us with the opportunity to get back to our foundational ideals, which have always stood as a beacon for the rest of the world.
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My style is boho chic. I love that time period - the patterns, the prints, the people, the music, the vibe.
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We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself.
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She had to play the role of mother and father at the same time, and she did it to perfection. I managed to find a way through because of her. My mother is my biggest inspiration.
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Living on a planet of fixed size requires compromise, and while we are the only party capable of negotiating, we are not the only party at the table. We've never claimed more, and we've never had less.
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You go through stuff, and you keep going.
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Our demands are simple, normal, and therefore they are difficult to satisfy. All we ask is that an actor on the stage live in accordance with natural laws.
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If you want to say something and have people listen then you have to wear a mask. If you want to be honest then you have to live a lie.
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There's something about the girls and the boys who just live for the moment and don't think a second beyond their needs and the here and now that, ultimately, is pretty tragic.
