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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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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People only watch my shows for me, and those shows have remained evergreen long after the guests are forgotten.
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Like at Halloween: I knew I'd arrived when I saw people dressing up on Halloween as my character.
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“He’s now like Rambo!” – on Tom Wood
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A true fascist is anyone who wants to take away my air conditioning or force me to ride a bike.
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We exercise great caution in airing an audio- or videotape released by a terrorist organization holding a hostage. These are decisions made by CNN's editorial staff and not by any third party.
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Ex-cons always say, 'You never know what makes the wheels go round until you’ve done time in the joint.' This is even more true of psychiatric hospitals. It is a perfect mass hypostatization of society, the organization of the Social Lie.
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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.'
