Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
'We're having a celebration, so all sorts of things have been said which are not true,' I said. 'That's how to act at a party.'
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At first, before you meet her, you're like, 'I'm gonna meet Angelina Jolie! I'm talking to Angelina Jolie!' And then, within a matter of five minutes, you're like, 'Oh, I'm just talking to my director,' and it's just back to work. She really is all about the work. She's so surprisingly down-to-earth.
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Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.
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For the past few centuries, we have defined beauty as tall, slender figures, femininity and white skin.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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I feel sometimes that I'm in a constant state of being lost in translation, and I guess that why I write songs.
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Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
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With any character I have played, there's infinite possibilities for how they might behave, depending on who they are talking to or how they react to things.
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I'm just trying to work out how to write music now, because I've never had the opportunity where my number-one priority is writing music. I don't know how my brain works yet.
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I am wired like a CEO and care a great deal about the bottom line, but I care about my customers even more than that. That's always been my competitive advantage.
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My wife has a horror the children will start talking American if we spend too much time out there.
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My temples are only in India. When I am in India, I go to the religious ceremonies.
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Actually, my dog I think is the only person who consistently loves me all the time.
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Green is one of my favorite colors - emerald green.
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I don't listen to my old stuff very often at all.
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Sometimes I feel like if I'm not getting people to boo me, then I'm not doing my job right.
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Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.
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Ever since I was a child I've always been very attracted to melodies. Whether I hear Jeff Beck, a choir, an ocean or the wind, there's always a melody in there.
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As Akins observes, it is not the point of our sensory systems that they should detect 'basic' or 'natural' properties of the environment, but that they should serve our 'narcissistic' purposes in staying alive; nature doesn't build epistemic engines.
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[On journalists:] ... however lyingly libellous they may be: nobody can seriously hurt the reputation of a Great person. If he is hurt: he is not Great. They can but scratch at his skin with their mice nails.
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I don't want to take names, but there are some people who get everything served on a platter. This is a movie, this is your role, and you have to do it. Some people have to strive so hard to reach where they have and want to.
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Religious symbols should be visible in public space, in a dignified and non-provocative manner. Christmas trees here, Jewish menorahs there and, further along, a minaret - these symbols represent human life in all its diversity.
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You're either in it for the long haul or you're not.
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'We're having a celebration, so all sorts of things have been said which are not true,' I said. 'That's how to act at a party.'
