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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It makes no difference who or what you are, old or young, black or white, pagan, Jew, or Christian, I want to love you all and be loved by you all, and I mean to have your love.
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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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Good artists copy, great artists steal.
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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 want to do good for Israel. My philosophy is let's do good stuff, and let's see what happens. And que sera, sera.
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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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For a while I was perfectly happy not performing with 'The Who.' From 1982 to 1989 I felt 'The Who' did not exist. I let the band go, in my heart. However, Roger Daltrey had other ideas. He would not let go.
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There is a solid satisfaction in one's having and being conscious that he merits the good opinion of men of true discernment and real worth. But to have a name among the weak and the wicked is shame and reproach.
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There is no conservative party in Washington. There is a Democratic Party of tax-and-spend and a Republican Party of guns and butter and tax cuts, too. Washington is all accelerator, the brakes are gone.
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All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet.
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When you want something badly enough, you will develop the confidence and the ability to overcome any obstacle in your way.
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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.'
