James Howard Kunstler Quotes
Living by the clock was an old habit that died hard. Not much that we did required punctuality, but people still wanted to know what time it was.
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I don't ever have the pressure of making a hit, because I've never had a hit song, per se. The closest thing to a hit song was 'Shiraz,' and it's not your prototypical hit song, with a catchy hook and all this other stuff.
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I'm not going to roll back anything. Nothing is going to change with respect to reproductive rights.
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I'm kind of obsessed with cool girls.
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I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.
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Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.
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I like to be underdressed rather than overdressed. For an event or a premiere, it's fun to dress up more - then I like to experiment.
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My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.
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I am a just man.
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I'll admit it: I'm a control freak. I am. If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it 110% or there's no point in doing it at all, especially if the work takes me away from time with my husband and children.
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I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.
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I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
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I, Maggie, personally cannot tell you that you're going to save the planet. But what I do know is that we can draw a line to an issue that can conserve what we already have and what's left in a way that we can actually breathe the air, drink the water, actually grow things in soil - that matters in a real, practical way.
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How you manage change can make all the difference.
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Action fiction is driven more by what than by who. Put that ticking nuclear suitcase under Manhattan, and it's relatively easy to create suspense. Literary fiction is driven more by who than by what.
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Why I got into music was James Taylor, so to see him be a real down-to-earth guy that's unbelievably talented... then to hear him sing those lyrics of 'What I'm Thankful For,' which is a song Ms. Yearwood and I got to write together, that was definitely a highlight of my recording life.
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Obama promised a return to competence and confidence and asked the nation to believe again that the government could do big things well. In the end, he got his big thing, a once-in-a-generation revision to the basic social compact, a commitment of health coverage to nearly all Americans. He has yet to prove he can do it well.
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Story and plot, not historical facts, are the engine of a novel, but I was committed to working through the grain of actual history and coming to something, an overall effect, which approximated truth.
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Actively deciding to give to causes that move you deeply is far more fulfilling than the momentary gratification derived from signing a check and mailing it to a nonprofit about which you know little more than what's on the brochure they sent you.
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Everything bad that has ever happened to me has been caused by agents or lawyers.
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There was a time when people liked to take Shakespeare and twist him around to make whatever social or political statement they wanted to make.
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In Australia, we cling on to whatever culture we have. We're such a multicultural country.
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Nobody wants to be depressed - everybody's trying to feel better; when they strive and fail, it's all the more poignant.
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A lot of directors say, 'Do whatever you want, and I'll just change it on set.' But I love being involved in every part of production. It's very exciting. It's like an empire of creation: Everybody is working so hard to respect a vision and an idea, and it's very weird and inspiring at the same time.
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Living by the clock was an old habit that died hard. Not much that we did required punctuality, but people still wanted to know what time it was.
