Mary Gaitskill Quotes
I think that with the proliferation of writing programs, people tend to forget that you also have to get used to working alone, and you have to be your own support.
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I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.
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Captain Cook discovered Australia looking for the Terra Incognita. Christopher Columbus thought he was finding India but discovered America. History is full of events that happened because of an imaginary tale.
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Drama is easier to do because you just have to have the emotion and not get caught acting, but comedy is much harder.
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I am the son of peasants and I know what is happening in the villages. That is why I wanted to take revenge, and I regret nothing.
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I remember growing up always loving the guitar. I used to love to watch the people play on the Country Western shows on TV. My folks told me that when I was just a toddler, I used to pretend I was playing a guitar on a toothpick.
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I am young, and I think all young guys would love to play a superhero - any superhero - it doesn't matter. I could be a superhero that would just turn into a big blob or something like that, but I could tell all the ladies, 'Hey, I am superhero!'
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My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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War is over if you want it.
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The majority of meetings should be discussions that lead to decisions.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other.
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.
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Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip.
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Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.
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I can tell you where I was when Kennedy was shot - which was in the common room at school. I heard about it on the old valve radio. At the time of Armstrong's landing, I was at university rehearsing a play.
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British girls are really funny, so I definitely think we'd get along.
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My films are inquiries. I've chopped down all the signposts, I really resist taking moral positions.
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I never really do much research before signing a film. It is just the script and character that I concentrate on.
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For many activities, people cannot rely solely on themselves in evaluating their ability level because such judgments require inferences from probabilistic indicants of talent about which they may have limited knowledge. Self-appraisals are, therefore, partly based on the opinions of others who presumably possess evaluative competence.
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The magazine was being started by a company that had no experience in business magazine publishing. It was a little difficult to get people to sort of buy into it and to join the staff, but we did.
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I rationalize out, well, how much help could you really be, you know? And maybe if people saw this, they'd realize the brutality of war and figure out there's got to be some better way than killing human beings who are just trying to farm a field.
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I think that with the proliferation of writing programs, people tend to forget that you also have to get used to working alone, and you have to be your own support.
