Jack Kirby Quotes
I've done things that I wouldn't ordinarily seem capable of doing. And I've proven myself in situations where there's life and death at stake. And so, I can live with myself knowing that it's not a matter of guts or anything like that. It's a matter of willingness to go the length, to transcend yourself.
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I've traveled all the way around the world; I've been to over 95 countries, so I love ethnic food, different types of cuisine.
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His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on a sinking ship.
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I really miss things like going to football games and pep rallies, and when I come home to Tulsa, I always try to go to those things.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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It's very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies.
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We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.
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Like parents, cooks shouldn't have favourites, but some recipes inevitably shine more than others.
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Our relationship with Mexico in this regard is unique for us, and in many respects unique in the world.
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Being gay myself, I'm naturally drawn to the interactions between men rather than men and women.
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I stuff animals I find; I do roadkill. They're strangely fun to have. They're like easy-to-control pets.
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Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.
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Harpo Marx looks like a musical comedy.
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When I was born, my parents - my mother especially - couldn't come to terms with that fact that they had another baby girl. I know these stories in detail because every time a guest visited, or there was a gathering, they repeated this story in front of me that how I was the unwanted child.
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I'm the only person in this sport, for the most part, that ain't on steroids. Now there's new rules in effect, yeah, you've got guys not on steroids now, but they used to be. They've always been on steroids.
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Real Texans want their kids to have the best education possible, not the one politicians looking to brag about budget cuts have left us with.
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How do you sustain yourself when all the old structures people looked to for support - religion, family, ethnic solidarity - are crumbling, or feel so false that you refuse to avail yourself of them? What comes next?
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In the U.K. there is still work to be done, particularly in schools, stopping the homophobic bullies in the playground and introducing unbiased discussion on gay issues in the classroom.
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There is nothing more worrisome to ISIS than cooperation between 'the West' and the Muslim world, for it defies the narrative of a clash of civilisations the group is trying to revive.
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When it comes down to it, it's all about good music and what makes people react. That wins over everything else.
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You've got to do what's right, or what you think is right. And you've got to make tough decisions. And you've got to be willing to take on your friends when you disagree with them.
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Some artists I know, they would rather not see the audience or envision them. But for me, I'd rather see them. I feel like part of the reason I perform is to feel that connection. It's the reason I love it so much.
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There is something sinister, something quite biographical about what I do - but that part is for me. It's my personal business. I think there is a lot of romance, melancholy. There's a sadness to it, but there's romance in sadness. I suppose I am a very melancholy person.
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I felt giving birth was the most creative act of all my creative acts - literally creation!
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I've done things that I wouldn't ordinarily seem capable of doing. And I've proven myself in situations where there's life and death at stake. And so, I can live with myself knowing that it's not a matter of guts or anything like that. It's a matter of willingness to go the length, to transcend yourself.
