Rachael Yamagata Quotes
I'm addicted to the dynamics of relationships whether they be in love, work, between strangers on the streets, or in the world in general.
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On the day when I was shot, all of my friends' faces were covered, except mine.
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I'm a little sheepish about it. Whenever I meet fans and they're like, 'Oh, you're so sexy,' I just don't get that. There's no way one man can be universally sexy.
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You don't need expensive classes and all kinds of weird equipment if you really want to be in shape. There are great ways to do it that are very economical, it just takes a time commitment, even if it means waking up a half hour a day before the rest of the household gets up because that's the only time you have.
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I've always performed. I've done plays at home.
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Never stand still. Only stand still enough to learn, and once you stop learning in that stance, move off. Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get. If you can't get an acting job, then go backstage. Or take tickets. But be around actors because that is where you will primarily learn.
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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.
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In my novels, there are twelve ancient 'memory tools,' all now lost. Each of the 'Reincarnationist' books revolves around a different tool.
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There had always been black people in and out of our house, and from the outset I had been taught that for them life was defined by struggle and filled with injustice.
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I think one problem we've had is that people who are smart and creative and innovative as engineers went into financial engineering.
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Do you know why dogs are man's best friend? It's because they're not in politics.
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I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.
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He was just trying to tease me - I knew that later - but he said he'd have to leave because it wasn't fair to have anyone in the room who was going to make fun of what he had to say. He had a good sense of humor, really.
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I'm not the best at video games, but I play them a lot.
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I think every teenager feels like a Martian in something, whether it's in their family, I think, or in their school. I think every teenager, every human being has a sense that they don't belong somewhere.
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As we continue to step up our investment in education, we must not sidestep our commitment to the principle of local control.
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The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.
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Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.
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I don't know if I would call myself a religious human.
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If food is labeled, some people might choose to eat stuff that's genetically modified. They might decide they love it. But give us a choice.
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Writers are first and foremost observers. We lose ourselves in the watching and then the telling of the world we find. Often we feel on the fringes, in the margins of life. And that's where we belong. What you are a part of, you cannot observe.
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You should create a work that is so valuable it might eventually sell at a high price, but you've got to concentrate on how you create that artwork.
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Oh, poverty parts good company.
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There's nobody else on the face of this earth that's playing a sport at a highest level... with a transplant. That alone continues to inspire me, because I realize throughout the whole world the struggles that people are going through. I need to inspire them the best way I can.
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I'm addicted to the dynamics of relationships whether they be in love, work, between strangers on the streets, or in the world in general.
