Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
What froze me was the fact that I had absolutely no reason to move in any direction. What had made me move through so many dead and pointless years was curiosity. Now even that flickered out.
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An egg white omelet with vegetables is one of my favorite breakfasts.
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One of the greatest boons that can ever come to a human being is to be born on a farm and reared in the country. Self-reliance and grit are oftenest country-bred.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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I open the doors for everybody all the time.
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I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.
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Someone's career that I admire would have to be Justin Timberlake's because he started off on Disney and he made this huge film career and huge solo music career. I really respect him as an artist.
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I no longer get into stupid thought wormholes about identity and stuff. At one time, I did have some impostor syndrome about acting, but then I remembered I've been doing this since I was little, actually.
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The film business creates a large amount of waste, and I'm not immune to waste in the business.
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I feel like I was born to do this... I started working professionally as soon as I could, doing weddings and things like that in high school, while everyone else was having keg parties. I just felt destined to do it and really committed and driven; it was something that just felt right all my life.
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There's something about music that makes me feel like a different person, that feels like an escape.
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I can take any truth; just don't lie to me.
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I believe my customer knows her style and knows how to mix and match your style.
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A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he was a lawyer.
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What's a dancer's worst enemy? Sometimes it's age, but sometimes it's the dancer themselves.
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You learn from things that don't go well, and you try to capitalize when they do. You build on those strengths and try to make your weaknesses stronger.
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The blind date that has stood you up: your life.
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Going to the gym wouldn't be on my list of favorite things to do.
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Reality is the leading cause of stress for those in touch with it.
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Product diversification comes into the mix as customers continue to strive for new revenue streams and a better USP.
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It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
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So I have to create the whole thing afresh for myself each time. Probably all writers now are in the same boat. It is the penalty we pay for breaking with tradition, and the solitude makes the writing more exciting though the being read less so. One ought to sink to the bottom of the sea, probably, and live alone with ones words.
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Things which stimulate my curiosity are pretty far removed from the practical and therefore from classification.
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What froze me was the fact that I had absolutely no reason to move in any direction. What had made me move through so many dead and pointless years was curiosity. Now even that flickered out.
