Kurt Vile Quotes
John Prine in particular... just the chord changes combined with the words. He definitely can make you cry a little bit. Just a little bit.
Quotes to Explore
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.
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The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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I have this desire in the back of my mind now of making music and film at the same time - putting the two together.
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Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.
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I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in winning my seven Tours since 1999.
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When I get dolled up to go out, men turn their heads and I'm used to it. But I think all women are sexy and should embrace that side of themselves.
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I am not musically educated yet. I don't read - I make my own language that works for myself. But I play by ear.
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Just making the crowd laugh is not really doing things for me anymore. That's just knowing how to kill; I've learned how to kill – but also learned when a crowd's laughter is meaningful.
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Take seriously the traditions, the Christian roots, and all the values that are the basis of the civilisation of Europe.
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I've always loved film more than theater.
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I always had a fascination with twins.
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If danger arises in the present moment, there may be an emotion. There may even be pain. But that's a challenge, not a problem. For a problem to exist, you need time and repetitive mind activity.
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Directing is the ultimate way to bring together all the art forms I've been involved with over the years.
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Every New Year's Eve, I have a pact to do something I never thought I'd do. So I created this list. You have to free your mind to do things you wouldn't think of doing. Don't ever say no.
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Women are outperforming men in almost every sphere of life in our society and the women of East Indian ancestry are no exception to this rule. They have broken the cultural mould.
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The whole year I was in LA I got into telemarketing and learned how to make money. Five years later that skill helped me make my first film.
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I'm very obsessed with not being perfect.
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Encourage and listen well to the words of your subordinates. It is well known that gold lies hidden underground.
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Musicals have clearly gotten more physical. You never saw Ethel Merman doing step aerobics.
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It has frequently been said that we never desire what we think absolutely inapprehensible: it is however true that some of our sharpest agonies are those in which the object of desire is regarded as both possible and imaginary.
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Axiom: Novel must have either one living character or a perfect pattern: fails otherwise.
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I couldn't wait to get out, and at 14, I moved into a three-room Georgetown town house with Dad. I never went back. When they eventually sold the house, in 1984, Mom had a goodbye party for 'Merrywood.' I refused to go.
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John Prine in particular... just the chord changes combined with the words. He definitely can make you cry a little bit. Just a little bit.
