Kodi Smit-McPhee Quotes
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My sisters used to learn dance, and I used to stand behind them and dance. So my guruji suggested that I also learn, as I seemed interested. I started learning at the age of three and was always on stage for something or the other. My mother is proud of me, and clearly my artistic bent comes from her.
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I feel quite excited about the possibility of working on multiple albums. There's something really iconic about having a catalog featuring a lot of albums, and I'd love to have that legacy.
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I found one had to do some work every day, even at midnight, because either you're professional or you're not.
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I just tend to do things to myself that I don't realize I'm doing. Sometimes I bite my lip so that it splits and hurts, and yet I can't stop. And sometimes I'd play shows on the last run, I'd scratch my neck while I was singing, and I'd horrified to see these red streaks of blood after.
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I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.
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I have two sisters, and we are the best of friends.
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Coming from the Midwest, I didn't know about stand-up as an art. I just thought stand-up comedians were old men in suits talking about their wives.
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The truth is that the history of Mexico is a history in the image of its geography: abrupt and tortuous. Each historical period is like a plateau surrounded by tall mountains and separated from the other plateaus by precipices and divides.
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Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of the young. The old grow beyond corruption very quickly.
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Losing is no fun no matter who you lose to.
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The thing about dancing - what it taught me all those years - is it gives you an amazing sense of discipline in forcing yourself to do things that you know are good for you but you don't really want to do.
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My father was a screenwriter, but he was also a novelist.
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Mostly, I just write about feelings that people can relate to. Because, yeah, I don't know who I am, and this is not my sound forever... I'm a human, so hopefully, I will always develop.
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Hope is the most exciting thing there is in life.
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I can tell you that when you're willing to give your life up to see a dream through, the reward is great.
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Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.
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There comes a time when what is needed is not just rhetoric, but boots on the ground.
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I grew up on the stage, and there's no two ways about it: you only get one chance to do your bit.
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In every generation, there's a strong tendency for everyone to think like everyone else.
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For me, my party views don't advance my narrative. Until I can find a way to write political satire like my idols Christopher Buckley or P.J. O'Rourke, I'll simply say what team I play for and leave it at that.
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A night of sleep is as much preparation for the subsequent day's activity as it is recovery from that of the previous day.
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From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.
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There's nothing colder than chemistry.
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New Orleans is awake all night, and every night is a party.
