Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
I do feel that evolution is being controlled by some sort of divine engineer. I can't help thinking that. And this engineer knows exactly what he or she is doing and why, and where evolution is headed. That’s why we’ve got giraffes and hippopotami and the clap.
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The civil rights fight was a very important fight.
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I really don't like going out anymore. I used to love it, but now it's not fun. I'd rather have friends come over and hot have to worry about crazy people taking pictures.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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One hazard of our job on TV is people are always checking us out and noting every pound we've gained or haven't quite lost.
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I think my father was somewhat disappointed in not having had a son, and in that way I was the nearest thing he had.
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Since first starting my career, I've grown accustomed to working with actors older than me. I'm always the youngest.
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What have we achieved since the end of the Second World War? We have allowed petty, bourgeois regimes in which everything is average, mediocre.
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One of the main reasons I am so drawn to Hitchcock is that he planned his shots way in advance on story-boards, which he designed like classic paintings (he was an art connoisseur). It's why he found shooting on set boring - because he had already composed the film in his head.
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I love aging. Why would I want to be 21 for the rest of my life?
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Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck.
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I like my hands. They do most of the talking.
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You don't improvise with a Cameron Crowe script.
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But I'm after medals more than anything. Championships don't get taken away from you but records do, so I think I'd rather have medals at every championships rather than times. A world record would be a bonus, but I'm still only 25 in 17 days.
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I never put out a history, I put out a dramatic history.
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What IS is more important than WHAT SHOULD BE. To many people are looking at 'what is' from a position of thinking 'what should be.'
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Why would I be excited that a Democrat won? Seriously, over the past eight years the Democrats didn't do SHIT! Basically, the last eight years, I feel, the Republicans stood around farting; and the Democrats went 'Ooh, let me smell it.'
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My mom has always been a caregiver, and she's perfect in this role leading my foundation.
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Even when we cannot see the why and wherefore of God's dealings, we know that there is love in and behind them, and so we can rejoice always.
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I don't think about better. You just want it to work. You want it to work and you have your guide with the script. You want it to exist and complete.
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I do feel that evolution is being controlled by some sort of divine engineer. I can't help thinking that. And this engineer knows exactly what he or she is doing and why, and where evolution is headed. That’s why we’ve got giraffes and hippopotami and the clap.
