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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The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it.
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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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When I first got Yves Saint Laurent Couture, I didn't know how to take off a cape. I would ask Katoucha and Dalma - the real divas of the runway - 'Can you show me?' I've never been afraid to ask for help.
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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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I enjoy hiking and skiing, like most Norwegians. In winter, there will be snow for months on end. In the summer, there are the long evenings to enjoy.
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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 think winter wear is communal. You get some gloves and a scarf from a lost-and-found box, wash them, wear them for a while until you lose them. Then somebody else does the same thing.
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If you care about yourself and what you do, you get nervous about it. You just don't take the money and go home.
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Some other things I don't miss: the media and the pressure of just being asked to do, and being asked questions every day.
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Did that remind anybody else of something?" "Yes," Eve said, tapping her lower lip with a bloodred fingernail. "How much I need to shave her head while she's sleeping.
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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.
