Kay Cannon Quotes
We have a lot of depressed people in the world because they don't know what their purpose is in life.
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Sometimes I like to watch TV, though I never get to watch any of the shows in real time. I'm a fan of 'Downton Abbey,' 'Boardwalk Empire,' and 'Boss.' There's a British series called 'Luther,' but in England, they think a series means four episodes. And I like 'Mad Men.' Otherwise, it's always good to unwind with a book.
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Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?
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The only thing that permits human beings to collaborate with one another in a truly open-ended way is their willingness to have their beliefs modified by new facts. Only openness to evidence and argument will secure a common world for us.
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I don't like attacking.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.
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The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.
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Punishment cannot heal spirits, can only break them.
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I have only a few really enviable skills, but packing - condensing just the right amount of stuff into a single bag, whether the trip is for a weekend or, as in this case, seven weeks - is one of them.
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Dancing has always been a passion of mine.
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'The Voice' was the first real job I've ever had that wasn't just messing around with music.
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My mother helped me identify myself the way the world would identify me. Bloodlines didn't matter as much as how I would be perceived.
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When I saw Wonder Woman being constantly put in positions where she'd get tied up with her own rope, or held hostage, even as a kid, my reaction was 'C'mon, she's too smart for that.'
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More and more, we're used to taking things in through the eyes rather than through the ears, and opera is more of a spectacle.
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It could be that all awful dictators are frustrated artists - Mao with his poetry and Mussolini with his monuments. Stalin was once a journalistic hack, and I can personally testify to how frustrated they are. Pol Pot left a very edgy photo collection behind. And Osama seems quite interested in video.
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Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.
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Israel reoccupied the cities of the West Bank by a unilateral action, and reestablished the civil and military occupation by a unilateral action, and it is the one that determines whether or not a Palestinian citizen has the right to reside in any part of the Palestinian Territory.
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I know people from working with them on films, but they're not the ones I would meet up with... I'm just a normal person!
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
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As always, I wrote songs. Some people cook or play sports. This is what I love to do. Sometimes I can't express myself that well in talk, so I write songs.
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The desire to live in our imagination is driven by this suspicion that we're disembodied sensibilities cobbled into our bodies. That idea has infused most of human thought since the very beginning.
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I'm not at all interested in the brave who fight against the odds and win. I am interested in those who accept their lot, as that is what many people in the world are doing. They do their best in ghastly conditions.
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I think I'm just really sensitive to the world. I really feel like I spend a lot of time "turned off".
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We have a lot of depressed people in the world because they don't know what their purpose is in life.
