Djuna Barnes Quotes
Suffering for love is how I have learned practically everything I know, love of grandmother up and on.

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I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.
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I think I need security.
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I can play a bunch of instruments but drums? My brother's a drummer and I've always been jealous that he's such a good drummer. I always try to play but it's always kinda just bashing. I can keep time but no one really wants to hear me play drums.
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I grew up playing basketball and baseball. I've always been active because my dad played professional football, so sports and working out have always been a part of my life.
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It's very hard to put forth a film that's about love and the joy of love and for it not to be patronising and not make people nauseous or make them roll their eyes.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value.
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I certainly feel sad about the alienation from my son.
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I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA.
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When I was a kid, I would make these incredibly bloody movies in my back yard. I was constantly making weird blood concoctions; Jell-O and milk was a good one. I was constantly ruining clothes and staining my parents' walls and stuff.
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I'm not spending every second thinking about the World Cup, but it's always in my mind when I make choices and decisions.
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Playing a character for four years, in people's minds, that's who you are.
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Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.
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Writers have been in terrible situations and have yet managed to produce extraordinary work.
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If I manage to leave my bedroom and get to the gym, that makes me feel good about myself! For me, the most difficult part is getting out of bed, but once I'm out, I really enjoy playing sports.
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Our country is in deep trouble. To talk and re-litigate in 1998, or even what Mitt Romney said or didn't say in 1994 or 2002, I don't think most people really care.
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Self-exploration is very painful, but unless you do that, you will never know who you are and who you want to be.
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You don't want to be first, right? You want to be second or third. You don't want to be - Facebook is not the first in social media. They're the third, right? Similarly, you know, if you look at Steve Jobs' history, he's never been first.
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Every time a pundit or elected official is on any TV news program, it should be a polite formality to mention that GE has made such and such billions off the war in Iraq by selling arms or that Murdoch is a right-wing activist with a clear stake in who wins and who taxes his profits the least.
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Longevity is something I never gave a second thought to. I guess it's the shadow of growing up in post WWII, but I never believed I would live past 20. Here I am though... a senior citizen... my voice and heart are stronger than ever, but boredom is the greatest enemy so I have to be careful not to slip over the edge.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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Television has already been wholly colonized by corporate interests, which are now laying claim to our schools. The goal is not simply to sell products and strengthen the consumer culture. It is also to create a political culture that equates the corporate interest with the human interest in the public mind.
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You can't make people be or do what you want. All you can do is be unapologetic about what you want and let others show up however they can.
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Suffering for love is how I have learned practically everything I know, love of grandmother up and on.