Eve Babitz Quotes
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I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
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The realistic value of a work is completely independent of its properties in terms of content.
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Well, love motivates me in everything I do.
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If my gravy train stops at SAG, honey, it's been a great ride.
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Religion forbids us from assuming a God-like character. This is especially true in politics and government, where limiting the power of the state, division of powers, and the doctrine of checks and balances are established in order to prevent accumulation of power that might lead to such Godly claims.
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Again, racing for me was about energy management.
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My inspiration is always what I think my fans want to listen to. I often write about social problems. If I'm not going through it or I haven't gone through it, I want to make sure it touches someone. That's what I base my music on.
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Stiletto, I look at it more as an attitude as opposed to a high-heeled shoe.
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I was quite an insomniac. I rarely slept as a child. Having God to talk to at night was nice.
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Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you are meant to come to terms.
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When you have a different mother, you want to be in her world. Because in mine, I didn't feel like I fit in.
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That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being false.
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I get travel-sized versions of all of my essentials. That way, I can stay on the same routine whether I'm home or on the road.
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The proudest thing I have ever done was to win the singles, doubles, and mixed doubles at Wimbledon.
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I don't complain.
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There are two types of people in this world: one who opens a packet of biscuits, has one and puts the rest back in the cupboard, and one who eats the whole packet in one go.
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Volvo is like a mysterious, beautiful woman. We just look at her from far away, amazed. We don't dare get close to her. We're just a bunch of farm boys.
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I have worked hard to build relationships between Jewish people and black people.
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I have never supported white supremacism but I read this this description of me in the papers.
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Fine arts education in public schools is really abysmal. The same emphasis should be put on music, theater, dance - anything creative - that's put on math and science.
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A Rescuer isn't always a person. Addictions to alcohol or drugs, sexual addiction, workaholism-all the ways we numb out-can rescue the Victim from feeling his or her own feelings.
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I looked like Brigitte Bardot, and I was Stravinsky's goddaughter.
