Susanna Kaysen Quotes
There is thought, and then there is thinking about thoughts, and they don't feel the same.
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On the Internet, inside information is currency, and there will always be counterfeiters among us.
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It's a great challenge to get to play a real-life character. Every actor would love to get a chance, at least once in his life, to play a real-life character.
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Linda Hunt is so good and so sweet. She is a Tony Award nominee and won an Oscar. Pearls just come out of her mouth.
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I always say that I'm at my best when there's no example of what the character is supposed to be. I thrive when there's not much and I have to create it.
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Speech happens to not be his language.
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Getting divorced didn't sour me on the institution of marriage. I'll tell you what I'll never do: I'll never get divorced again.
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Islam was hijacked on that September 11, 2001, on that plane, as an innocent victim.
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My mother didn't set out to surround us with white students or colleagues. My mother just sought a quality education. People have these expectations of who they think you should be. And I say it's because they don't really understand Malcolm X - or his wife.
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I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.
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As the daughter of a 25-year veteran of the armed forces, I am incredibly thankful for the sacrifices our women and men have made in Iraq, and continue to make in Afghanistan.
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If it feels right and I'm not going against any energy in myself or the situation, there would be no limit.
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I'm not really a pianist.
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I never had any film training. I went to Northwestern. I studied education and theater. So it was all theater training.
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The people decide who's No. 1, the best in boxing.
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I started my career as a swimsuit model. My first big break in America was 2007, 'Sports Illustrated' Swimsuit Issue.
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I barely watch TV apart from the news. Most of it is rubbish. There's all this reality nonsense and dross. I think there's a market for a well-produced, well-written melodrama like 'Dallas.' It's pure entertainment.
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As an actor, you arrive most of the time at the last minute. You arrive at the end of the process, but you don't realize it.
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Once the bear's hug has got you, it is apt to be for keeps.
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I'm a very strong person, and I think that's why, actually, I find it really infuriating when I read, 'She had a nervous breakdown' or 'She's not very mentally stable, just a weak, frail little creature.'
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There is no separation between mind and body... Self and other co-arise and fall away all the time.
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I wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that - the ghosts you chase you never catch.
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I have written about the dispossessed, immigrants, the condition of women who do not enjoy the same legal rights as men, the Palestinians who are deprived of their land and condemned to exile.
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You've got your hands full if you have three children under 2 years old.
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There is thought, and then there is thinking about thoughts, and they don't feel the same.
