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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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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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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I was actually not some sort of a child prodigy by any stretch.
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I never really ate that bad, I just ate too much. It wasn't like I had to switch to whole wheat bread or something like that. I really just had to eat less of what I was eating, and I had to exercise more.
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In a lifetime there are only a few people you can work with... where you can trust each other and push each other in different directions.
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You have lost a child, a dear, dear child. I have lost the only earthly object of my affection.... I have now one request to make,... deny me not. Afford me the melancholy pleasure of seeing her body before internment.
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I'm an environmentalist; I recycle.
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How do I play the princess thing? I don't, really. I don't like talking about it much and find it annoying when people say things like, 'Oh, you're the princess.' One of my best friends jokingly says, 'Hi, Princess,' and I say, 'Shut up.' It is one of the things that bugs me most in the world.
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People like you as long as you agree with them. But that doesn't bother me.
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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.
