Kurt Vile Quotes
Humor is important. Nothing against bands that are always a downer, but the reality is - it just becomes theater.
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Slack users I know, including me, love many things about the service. As the company likes to brag, it's fast, it's transparent, and it's great for brainstorming.
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People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.
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I ain't scared to do another dating show, but I ain't really trying to. I want to do a talk show or something. I've done enough dating on television. I'm ready to spread my wings, and go down other avenues.
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I don't know how to ground myself without the other actor present.
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He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
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Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.
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When our most important issue is the debt that we're piling on our children and grandchildren, I think it's pretty helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate who has actually managed billions of dollars and knows how to cut billions of dollars.
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Through travel, you discover a new aspect to your personality. You discover things which you wouldn't seated in the confines of your home.
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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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The main problem is that for a boycott to be effective, you must first persuade thousands - maybe even millions of others - to go along, which is a lot of work and usually not successful.
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I am disappointed and disturbed by both the NFL and the Dodgers - but much more by the Dodgers.
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If you go to Africa and you're white, you're probably not going to get that much work either. But the fact is that there is a longer history of black integration in the U.S. I don't have any resentment about this: I did the maths, calculated it against my ambition and decided to leave England.
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I can't say that winning the Pen/Faulkner was a dream come true because I would never have dared to dream it.
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Trent likes to record guitars direct, whereas I've always preferred playing through an amplifier.
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I'm not really into the political game as far as paying politicians and stuff like that, I'm not into that. You do your job, and I'll do mine.
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There's something about having a great bottle of wine and a great cigar. Nothing compares to it.
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Whatever you see - any good results - are all from the pressure.
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To decide to become a philosopher seemed as foolish to me as to decide to become a poet.
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We haven't lost romance in the digital age, but we may be neglecting it. In doing so, antiquated art forms are taking on new importance. The power of a handwritten letter is greater than ever. It's personal and deliberate and means more than an e-mail or text ever will.
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My parents always used to ask me to settle down, and I could never understand that term. However, after marriage, I have finally realised the importance of having a companion.
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I'd be very controversial if I said why, and I don't do controversial anymore. That's too passé. So last year. Being controversial is boring now.
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They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion.
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I'd never heard of colon cancer. Baseball wasn't even important to me. I have a wife and two girls. That's what was important. The doctors told me and all I could say was, 'When are we going to get this thing out?'
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Humor is important. Nothing against bands that are always a downer, but the reality is - it just becomes theater.
