Kurt Vile Quotes
When I first got the record deal, I thought it felt like I won the lottery. But I always worked hard at it.
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Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you.
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I can't go to war with paparazzi.
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I'm consistently telling stories about the value of the human condition and connectedness and things like that.
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My older brothers and sisters have kids and families.
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I love the way soft white cheese such as ricotta or the creamier mascarpone reflect the milieu in which an animal has been raised.
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The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing.
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For a black male, the sound of the blues is pre-Civil Rights. It's oppression.
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I don't accept any money, free products, or anything else of value from the companies whose products I cover or from their public relations or advertising agencies.
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I have had strange animals as pets all my life. I was shy growing up, and shy people tend to interact better with animals than people. Animals are direct, not duplicitous.
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I used to want covers that represented the book's contents very closely and were also pretty. Many folks automatically believe that this is what makes a good cover. But I've changed my mind about this. While the cover should not lie (by implication or outright), its job is simply to say: 'Pick me up!' to someone who might like the book.
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I think things will come once I get the respect that I deserve. Keeping my belt for a long time... Things will happen like normal. I can't force those things.
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I like to show that I'm real.
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You grow up a lot on set, but it doesn't change you.
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The FA Cup for all the fans does mean something special.
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A man in debt is so far a slave.
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High achievers, we imagine, were wired for greatness from birth. But then you have to wonder why, over time, natural talent seems to ignite in some people and dim in others.
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'Shocking' is like a bolt from the blue. It is something external that ruptures your world.
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We are not what we seem. We are more than what we seem. The actor knows that. And because the actor knows that hidden inside himself there's a wizard and a king, he also knows that when he's playing himself in his daily life, he's playing a part, he's performing, just as he's performing when he plays a part on stage.
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If your heads were stuffed with straw, like mine, you would probably all live in the beautiful places, and then Kansas would have no people at all. It is fortunate for Kansas that you have brains.
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I am a voracious reader, so it's difficult for me to give a list of my favourite authors of all time.
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What usually happens with me is that I start with one idea in mind and then something else happens.
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At the height of the British Empire very few English novels were written that dealt with British power. It's extraordinary that at the moment in which England was the global superpower the subject of British power appeared not to interest most writers.
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For over 20 years, the federal and provincial governments have made enormous efforts employing a variety of approaches in an attempt to stimulate Montreal's economy.
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When I first got the record deal, I thought it felt like I won the lottery. But I always worked hard at it.
