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.
Quotes to Explore
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The undisturbed coastal plain is home to a wide variety of plants and animals and is the only wilderness sanctuary in North America that protects a complete range of the arctic ecosystem.
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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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If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.
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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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There's this myopia among American venture capitalists to not go anywhere beyond Silicon Valley and New York.
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You're a human being, and every time a list of prize nominations comes out and your name isn't on it, you do have that thumb-in-the-eye feeling.
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I try and stay limber, swim, run, ride motorcycles.
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People have always had these weird things about how you have to be really good looking to be a singer.
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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.
