Mary Gaitskill Quotes
The first person to blow up my fashion consciousness was a 14-year-old girl named Sandrine. She was the most beautiful human I had ever seen.
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I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.
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I'm content with the fact that I made a decent effort. That's what I've always worried about: that I wouldn't try hard enough.
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I don't play anymore, because I know I'm not going to be a pro golfer. So there's no reason to golf.
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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A busybody's work is never done.
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Until Lee Elder, the only blacks at the Masters were caddies or waiters. To ask a black man what he feels about the traditions of the Masters is like asking him how he feels about his forefathers who were slaves.
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If there's one thing I've learnt, it's that I don't think a man ever looks better than when he's in a suit. So I'm wearing them increasingly, not in my personal life, but in my professional life, and I'm really enjoying it.
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I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.
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I feel like writing a book there's always a version in your head that's an amazing version, but then you write the version that you can write.
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I'm originally from southern California, so I, like, say 'like', like, a lot. I've been trying to scrub any traces of Valley Girl from my speech since I moved to New York, but it's, like, totally way harder than anyone thinks, you know?
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Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.
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I got through college.
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In a sense there is no 'opposition' in Bahrain, as the phrase implies one unified block with the same views. Such a phrase is not in our constitution, unlike say the United Kingdom. We only have people with different views and that's ok.
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The magic of landing my first role on Broadway went 'poof' in a matter of a few weeks.
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I am a firm believer that a good plot makes for a fun enough read, but it's not what binds us. If we don't care about the characters, we won't care - not in a lasting way - about what's happening to them.
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I worry about everything in the world, and it's just too much for anybody to think about, so I have my art as my consolation.
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I see myself as extremely lucky.
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I will not promote other people's songs big time. I will just mention that I produced the song to get the credit I think I deserve.
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I was raised in the '70s, and I've worked with people I love, and I've been on sets with my parents, with people who run a set and require of actors a sense of liberty and freedom and exploration and failure into brave achievement.
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I absolutely hate clothes shopping, though I love clothes. It's my idea of heaven to be handed things to wear.
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The idea of England in decline is very attractive.
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To be on my very first spacewalk, to be outside, and to have contamination in my suit to the point that I couldn't see in either eye - that, I think, would cause some people to lose control.
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Aspire greatly; anything less than a commitment to excellence becomes an acceptance of mediocrity.
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The first person to blow up my fashion consciousness was a 14-year-old girl named Sandrine. She was the most beautiful human I had ever seen.
