Kurt Vile Quotes
I got depressed so many times by my blue-collar life and self-conscious about the fact that I didn't go to college. I was always working super low-end jobs, being the complete opposite of what I wanted to be.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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The health care industry can play a great role in this by being aware of the fact that these children form perhaps the most neglected group of people in the country, largely because it is hard to find them.
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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For me, cerebral palsy wasn't the biggest deal, because I always had it. You know, you always work with what you got.
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I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans.
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I was a good decathlete until I got with a coach that really knew how to train specifically for the event... I'd really describe it as like being a juggler; you have ten balls and you're trying to get them all in the air at the same time.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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I was in love with the British 'The Office', so even though I love Steve Carell, when they were going to remake it, I was like, 'This is not going to work. I'm going to completely veto this show. I am not going to watch this show.' But now, I love it.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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I've always loved both writing and songwriting. The journey is fascinating to me.
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I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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In 1966, thoughts about playing games using an ordinary TV set began to percolate in my mind.
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After running for a while, things really start to open up in your body. I felt like I'd tapped into parts of my body that I hadn't before. I let things in the universe flow through me that opened me up in a really cool way.
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'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.'
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My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conference's races, and he did tons of marathons. I would go out and run with him every once in a while just to hang out with him.
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
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There is no birth of consciousness without pain.
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I was only in one play at Steppenwolf, in the early days.
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I believe passionately that everyone has a particular God-given ability.
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I had a mind inquiring enough to question world events, as well as the passion fostered by my background to care, but I lacked the emotional maturity to process these things. That made me ripe for Islamist recruitment. Into this ferment came my recruiter, himself straight out of a London medical college.
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Being able to sing all these years has helped me handle life's tragedies.
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The saddest part about being human is not paying attention. Presence is the gift of life.
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I got depressed so many times by my blue-collar life and self-conscious about the fact that I didn't go to college. I was always working super low-end jobs, being the complete opposite of what I wanted to be.
