Eve Babitz Quotes
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Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well.
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For many older Americans who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, a lifetime of discrimination has undermined their right to a retirement with dignity.
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There's a lot of garbage, and then there are those ones that just stand out so incredibly. You fight for those roles; you do everything in your power to get it.
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Spiritual formation is character formation. Everyone gets a spiritual formation. It's like education. Everyone gets an education; it's just a matter of which one you get.
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If I had different parents who were in it for the money, I might have a different perspective. But they really are artists; they intelligently approach each character and prepare in every sense of the word. I grew up in a world that had great discipline.
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Finally having the freedom to speak is a really liberating feeling.
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They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
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You can't build an adaptable organization without adaptable people - and individuals change only when they have to, or when they want to.
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I've always been fascinated by people, their psychology, what drives them and trying to understand them.
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The education of my brother and myself was of paramount importance to my parents, and in addition to their strong encouragement, they were prepared to make any sacrifice to further our intellectual development.
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Many roads lead to the path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
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I love documentaries. My problem is when the filmmaker becomes the star.
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The memories that I have are mostly at our old ranch, out in Agoura. We used to go out there every Saturday. I can smell the oak trees. I can see it so clearly.
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It's not something that's at the forefront of my mind, but I think I'd regret it if I didn't have children.
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I think people like to have their categories clear. They want to know if it's fiction or fact, biopic or not.
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Yes, death is strong, but look you, the strongest, Stronger is music than death.
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We always have a good time playing, and I'm glad it shows.
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Writing can be really lonely, and I find that bit difficult. I'd rather be around my people, getting ideas.
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I think, if you can, it's OK to put something in a movie because it makes you feel good.
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Without competition, the spectacular development of technology that we have seen in the last one hundred years in this country would not have happened.
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There is a word we haven't used yet: virginity... To make a photograph, the plate must be virgin, but your eye as well.
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The assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy led directly to the passage of a historic law, the Gun Control Act of 1968.
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With Loopt Star, consumers get to tap interactive rewards wherever they may be.
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People with brains went to New York, and people with faces came West.
