Kanan Makiya Quotes
Not prettiness, mind you, whose nature is trite, but beauty, which sinks to the depths.
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I made up 'Badlands'; anything I say, goes. I came to realize I was materializing a metaphor for my mental state.
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The thing that I have to stay away from is sweets. I have a horrible sweet tooth. It's just the worst.
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Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.
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I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.
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Her death has had a huge effect on me. It felt like a big hole appeared on my left side - apparently your left side is your mother - which I thought could never be filled. Now I think what you have to do is fill it with yourself because your mother is part of you. I'm easing into that space, using it and being comforted by it.
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Lauren Goode and I have agreed that the next version of the Mac software - all of them are named after places in California - should be named either Bridgeport or Warwick.
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All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?'
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It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude.
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I quit high school the first day of 10th grade because I felt like I was wasting time.
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With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
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As long as you believe in Him, no matter what happens in your life, understand that it's all for a purpose.
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Dressing for yourself and not a man is definitely something I advocate.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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What is right, what is wrong, how can anyone say? I view very, very, few things as Right with a capital R.
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The voice of the intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is ignored by the voice of desire. It is contradicted by the voice of shame. It is biased by hate and extinguished by anger. Most of all it is silenced by ignorance.
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I love doing costumes. The costume is an actor's first line, so it's gotta be right!
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We always knew when we took on the issue of violence against women that somehow our opposition would come after us.
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I used to go in for Disney auditions, and they'd tell me, 'You're cute and nice but just not funny.'
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Through the incarnation God descended into nature in order to super-animate and take it back to him.
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Mr. Lincoln was generous by nature, and though his whole heart was in the war, he could not but respect the valor of those opposed to him. His soul was too great for the narrow, selfish views of partisanship. Brave by nature himself, he honored bravery in others, even his foes.
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Nature does have manure and she does have roots as well as blossoms, and you can't hate the manure and blame the roots for not being blossoms.
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I feel like I know how to write plot.
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Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.
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Not prettiness, mind you, whose nature is trite, but beauty, which sinks to the depths.
