Donald Barthelme Quotes
'Sometimes I see signs on walls saying Kill the Rich,' Clem said. 'And sometimes Kill the Rich has been crossed out and Harm the Rich written underneath. A clear gain for civilization I would say. And the one that says Jean-Paul Sartre Is a Fartre. Something going on there, you must admit. Dim flicker of something. ...'

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I did anything that would get me on the air.
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Adults are locked into car payments and divorces and work. They haven't got time to think fresh.
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Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence.
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When you expect things to happen - strangely enough - they do happen.
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I finished the recordings I had started with Eleven. Matt Cameron joined for the rest of those sessions.
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Sometimes, it's better to stop thinking and trust your instincts. That's what I used to do when I first started making music, but as time goes on, you can sometimes over-intellectualise things.
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I want to keep active, so when they called me to fight Nate Diaz, I agreed because I wanted to stay active. I got a little surprised because he was out so long, but he's a tough opponent.
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Normally I would not recommend a book that tells you how to make money in the stock market. Most of these books are aimed at gullible folk, and they usually make much more money for their authors than they do for the investing public.
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When I told my parents that I was starting my transition, my Dad said, 'Well that makes so much more sense 'cause I never saw you any other way and now it totally works.'
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For me, the card catalog has been a companion all my working life. To leave it is like leaving the house one was brought up in.
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After I won the Tony Award, the film floodgates opened, so I was like a kid in a candy store.
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I don't calculate my net worth.
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I think the best post-breakup album is The Strokes' first album. It's just fun.
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My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is.
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Trust is a confusing thing. It seems so simple, but when you try to pin it down, it can be so elusive.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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I'm a great believer in fate. I think things happen in spite of, and despite, yourself.
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My mom's Brazilian, so she and I definitely grew up with different perspectives. I was born in America, and she's from Brazil, so we have different ways of doing things. There's a bit of culture clash there.
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I think that I'm really, I was a reactionary, and now I don't do that any more. Same person, but I don't react. Before, I reacted. I didn't like the cameras, I split.
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If you did not care at all what anyone else thought about you, what would you do differently or change in your life?
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The name 'Reflect It Back' comes from the idea of not only giving back but also seeing yourself in someone else.
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A good amount of the guys wanted to date me. Even older guys looking at me. It took some getting used to.
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'Sometimes I see signs on walls saying Kill the Rich,' Clem said. 'And sometimes Kill the Rich has been crossed out and Harm the Rich written underneath. A clear gain for civilization I would say. And the one that says Jean-Paul Sartre Is a Fartre. Something going on there, you must admit. Dim flicker of something. ...'