Rachel Cusk Quotes
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We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.
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I needed an opportunity to get back in the studio and get my recording chops back together.
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Power focuses on self-preservation; principle focuses on making ideas successful.
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Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their religion to endorse their ego, their identity.
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I've always been a history lover. I've spent a lot of recreational time walking around historical castles and estates, in Britain and Europe, and so I know what the real thing looks like.
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There were many films made for both cinema and television, and in general I don't connect them very much with our books. I have one favorite: 'The Man on the Roof' by director Bo Widerberg, which was based on 'The Abominable Man.'
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When I see a dolphin, I know it's just as smart as I am.
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If I'm daring at all, I guess it would be emotionally. I try to keep things interesting for myself and to do things that challenge me.
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All the time I was writing hit songs with my partner David Porter, I always had the yen to perform. Sure did. And when the opportunity came, I took it. The first album, 'Presenting Isaac Hayes,' didn't do so hot, but it was like a prelude for what was to come.
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Jewelry, to me, is a pain in the derriere, because you have to be watching it all the time.
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I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.
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I love the road, and I love coming in contact with the fans. They talk to me and that's irreplaceable. But when I get tired, I head to the studio and I am in there for a long time.
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I do interviews because it's a chance to be myself. I sometimes wonder what I could have to say that would be of any interest. I don't have any great wisdom.
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The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.
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As mainstream religious leaders of different faiths get together, it strengthens the voice of moderation.
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My whole career has been trying to please people in basketball. Now it's time to please myself.
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I've been doing lots of trapeze, and so much of it is holding your own weight.
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I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it.
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Gregory Hines was the most talented man I've ever met or seen. Gregory Hines is one of those people that whenever he talked to you, you felt like you were the center of the universe.
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'True Blood' is truly a playground. You get to go in and just let loose and completely just have fun and play around. There is so much freedom on set.
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With my adult books, for the first six weeks or so, it's about 60 percent ebooks in terms of sales. The kids' books, it's like 5 percent. Which means that the parents, the ones that aren't going into stores now, they're no longer buying books for their kids, which is not great.
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Most parents' goal is to launch their children into the world with all the tools they need to make it on their own.
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The British have always made terrible parents.
