Scarlett Thomas Quotes
Sometimes you have to trust grownups, perhaps more so when they are not there to actually supervise you.
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I've worked out for years. For a long time, it was my only sense of gratification.
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Fighting was something inside of me that I didn't realize was there.
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I feel like a turtleneck dress that's long-sleeved and covers your entire body but is tight fitting is so much sexier than boobs spilling out, you know? So I guess I'm more into being classy sexy versus apparent sexy.
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Shale gas, if left to flourish, could create several hundred thousand more jobs.
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There's going to be a picture of 'Mama' on my obit.
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I gravitate toward edgy, intense, dark films that just grab you by the throat.
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I always feel that if you're going to cover a song, you should make it your own and flip it on its head.
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I stopped using plastic cooking spoons years ago and love my bamboo spoons and spatulas by Bambuhome.
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There is a great ladder of religious cruelty, and, of its many rungs, three are the most important. People used to make human sacrifices to their god, perhaps even sacrificing those they loved the best ... Then, during the moral epoch of humanity, people sacrificed the strongest instincts they had, their 'nature,' to their god... Finally: what was left to be sacrificed? ... Didn't people have to sacrifice God himself and worship rocks, stupidity, gravity, fate, or nothingness out of sheer cruelty to themselves?
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This is something they always wanted to do. They were involved in everything from ordering the booths to learning to supervise. They will be making the decisions.
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We just got to go on, that's all. That's what grownups would do.
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It's a large as life and twice as natural.
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The thing about grown ups is that they're always wanting you to be this Great Hero and Leader. What's wrong with being NORMAL, for Thor's sake? What's wrong with just being SO-SO at stuff? They're just totally unrealistic.
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Kaoru: Grownups are so tiresome. They fake their smiles all day long and they try to force us to do the same. It's no fun at all.
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As a kid, I really did want to hang out with the grownups, so it was hanging out with the hippest grownups in the world. This was the nicest bunch of people I've worked with in show business, with the exception of the people around 'A Mighty Wind.' It really was a wonderful eight years.
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My first car was a motorcycle.
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When I finish a film, I want to forget it. I never like to repeat myself. Maybe, when I am dead, they will find certain consistencies in the style of my films, but I never want one film to look like another.
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I love London. I know it's an old saying but there's always something to do, so much so that when you live here you end up not actually doing much!
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Knowledge is still power -- but today you've got to make sure you know more about your listener than their favorite song.
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Think of me as an impetuous Hegel, drunk with power, and also, regular drunk.
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The Lord does not want us to "miss supper." In fact, He has a great feast prepared for those who return clean and pure through the door.
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We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.
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Sometimes you have to trust grownups, perhaps more so when they are not there to actually supervise you.
