Baratunde Thurston Quotes
Remember something about attention. Yes, it’s possible to buy, grab, or even steal it. But it’s far better to earn it.
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I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
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To be honest, I am very worried about the possibility of the U.K. leaving the E.U. But of course, like in the case of Catalonia, we have to respect the right to decide of the British people on a relationship that part of the Brits consider is not satisfying enough.
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Dancing is the last sport with no sponsor.
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Come on... when you're running, if you see you're going to win, you're going to celebrate.
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He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
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I think twerking is overrated.
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We have such little mystery in our lives generally because of how we live now. I mean, of course, mystery is all around us, but the way we live our lives now, we're too busy to be bothered with it.
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It's important for any artist - particularly female artists - to feel completely comfortable and to know what they're trying to do.
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
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Show business is fickle, and though I have been blessed with a healthy career, who knows how long that will last?
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Those of us born into vitalist and expressionist cultures must hope that governments will draw back from shutting down the modernist project of exploring, experimenting, and imagining - of voyaging into the unknown - that has been essential for rewarding lives.
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I knew David Lynch going to television was going to be something. It was either going to not work, nobody was going to get it and it would disappear, or it was going to be something special and really stand out.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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Weight used to be an issue. I was always fat as a child. And everyone used to tell me, 'You've got such a pretty face; why don't you lose some weight?' Over the years I've realised that my body is a certain type, and I have learned to accept it.
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My husband wrote the story for my first book, but then he didn't want to do that anymore. So if I was going to go on being an illustrator, I had to start writing the stories, too.
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I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
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I remember having this friend in school who said she didn't like the Beach Boys. And in that moment I knew we couldn't be friends anymore.
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With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.
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In jail I was just like everybody else, I was sitting there praying, feeling caged.
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I would like to remember all and be able to forgive everything - in due course!
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All the children of America, up to age seven or eight or nine or ten - they're really great artists. So here we've got this amazing work that very few people pay any attention to, and it's not valued by the culture.
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Remember something about attention. Yes, it’s possible to buy, grab, or even steal it. But it’s far better to earn it.
