Mary Gaitskill Quotes
I had really wanted adventure. At the time that I ran away, lots of kids ran away from home. It was something of a social phenomenon.
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Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.
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Science fiction frees you to go anyplace and examine anything.
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A vote for Japan is a vote for the future of rugby. We will do our best to make rugby a global sport.
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It was just such a demeaning thing to do, being in silent movies. They'd call you up and tell you, 'Hey, jump off this building!' and they'd give you a hundred bucks, and you'd do it.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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However, it does seem now that the international community, more importantly the powers that have influence, and, even more importantly, Afghanistan's neighbors realize that it is high time that they work together, and not against one another.
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One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
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I never lose confidence. As soon as you lose confidence, you're done.
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I'm not a straight man, but I play one on television.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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If you live a rebellious lifestyle, then you rebel against things because they go against your ideals and the integrity of who you are as a person.
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I have perfectly symmetrical ankles.
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Leather accents on pieces make it fun and spices up an outfit.
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The spiritual reality of the Indian world is very evident, very highly developed. I think it affects the life of every Indian person in one way or another.
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I have been called 'The American De Maupassant.' Well, I never wrote a filthy word in my life, and I don't like to be compared to a filthy writer.
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I read 'The Shining' before I ever saw the movie, when I was maybe 12.
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I work with some of the funniest writers in the country.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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Nothing in the past is as important as the future.
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It's time for a new National Anthem. America is divided into two definite divisions. The easy thing to cop out with is sayin' black and white. You can see a black person. But now to get down to the nitty-gritty, it's getting' to be old and young - not the age, but the way of thinking. Old and new, actually... because there's so many even older people that took half their lives to reach a certain point that little kids understand now.
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When I get up in the morning, I have to decide what I'm going to have for dinner or I can't get through the day.
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I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be.
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I have been a judge for 15 years and I've made up my own mind during all that time.
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I had really wanted adventure. At the time that I ran away, lots of kids ran away from home. It was something of a social phenomenon.
