Douglas Tompkins Quotes
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I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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I don't like controversy.
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One definition of noir is where a not-so-good man or woman tries to touch something good - and fails.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.
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I never carry a purse. My iPhone is always with me, a credit card, and a piece of mint chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream gum.
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I found it more challenging to act in a small scene, especially if it has no dialogue and if it is a close-up with only expressions.
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Don't feel sorry for me. I've had a great life, great friends.
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I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA.
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I've always been more of a camera hog than anything, and it's just another way to get it all out!
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I love women's bodies. I love luxury.
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We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.
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During my childhood, Washington was a segregated city, and I lived in the midst of a poor black neighborhood. Life on the streets was often perilous. Indoor reading was my refuge, and twice a week, I made the hazardous bicycle trek to the central library at Seventh and K streets to stock up on supplies.
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What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons.
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There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
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Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?
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Charlie Finley has soured my stomach for baseball.
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This is still a big barrier for me and it is for a lot of foreign actors.
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When I'm not in front of the camera, I'm just like any other normal person. I'm a student. I eat when I'm stressed.
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There's such a stereotype about men and women. Obviously, people think men are faster and stronger and all these other things, and I don't want people to get sucked into that anymore. I want them to realize that the women are out here and doing just as awesome things. They can be just as great, too.
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Ways and Means is the committee that tackles the big issues that affects people's lives and their jobs in a major way.
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Change is not something that we should fear. Rather, it is something that we should welcome. For without change, nothing in this world would ever grow or blossom, and no one in this world would ever move forward to become the person they're meant to be.
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I tell myself to hurry up, that I have to do everything before death catches me.
