Rachel Cusk Quotes
I'm waiting for the day when my children cease to find my domestic propriety reassuring and actually find it annoying.
Quotes to Explore
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Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.
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I can't keep secrets about myself. I can keep secrets about other people, but if it's about myself, I'm like, 'blah blah blah blah.'
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One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.
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I've shared the fate of many working mothers; I felt guilty like them.
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I don't see myself as the king of Bitcoin. I don't want to be the king of Bitcoin.
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When I did 'The Cell' - no matter what you think of that movie, because I have my opinions of it too - it was, you know, I still have nightmares from the research that I did. Not from playing the part, just from the research.
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The best of life is to embark on an adventure with a woman interested in having an adventure with you.
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I love sitcoms, and I grew up on sitcoms. That's my tasty junk food.
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I'm very competitive, and I want to win.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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One guy that I wish was here right now, Ted Williams, helped me so much, our long talks, not about hitting but about fishing, one of Ted's passions, and I wish he was here today to share this with me because I owe so much to Ted Williams.
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War triggers unforeseeable military dynamics and sets off massive political shocks, creating new problems as well as new opportunities.
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Playing and listening to music gives you a sense of fulfilment because you have to put everything in you at its disposal.
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I think that cancer is a life form that exists out there, and it exists in us. I think even the concept of healing is a spiritual principle that we have to really look at. I think the word itself is something we ought to get rid of, because it implies that there is illness - that there is something wrong.
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I don't normally vote. I'm lazy and I never bought into the 'Every vote counts.'
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I use iTunes for downloading music, but I always decline when prompted to update this or that new version.
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I've made these films, and I'm really proud, but my lifestyle hasn't changed.
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The voters in District 8 shared our vision that Washington is broken, and we're going to go up there and fix it.
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You have to embrace the people that love you because you're making a difference in people's lives, and you're making them feel something with your music. That, I think, is the biggest key: to stay grounded and focused and stay true to who you are as a person.
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By definition, startups are not constrained by the limits of established company culture. And so they push boundaries and develop new technologies and ways of doing things.
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It is important that when you play at home in front of your own fans, not to lose and to always try and win, to always give your all.
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When the time comes to start building deep space transports and refueling rocket tankers, it will be the commercial industry that steps up, not another government-owned, government-managed enterprise.
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Growing up in Ireland, there never seemed to be the notion that children should be seen and not heard. We all looked forward to mealtimes when we'd sit around the table and talk about our days. Storytelling and long, rambling conversations were considered good things.
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I'm waiting for the day when my children cease to find my domestic propriety reassuring and actually find it annoying.
