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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I will not attempt to show that it would be a great evil to increase the patronage of the Executive. It is already enormously great, as every man of every party must acknowledge, if he would candidly express his sentiments.
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I'm from Lebanon, and I've been exposed a lot to Syria.
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Like everyone else, I was born naked and screaming, waiting for my life to write itself on my skin.
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Certainly we know from our own experience how very difficult it is when you've lost an election that perhaps a lot of people were expecting you to win.
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Kindness is really important to me in finding my own prince - so are patience and a sense of humor. Without those qualities he's no Prince Charming!
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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.
