Adam Thirlwell Quotes
Krzhizhanovsky wanted to perform imaginary experiments with the nature of time and space. Outside, in the streets, the Communist state was busy performing such experiments for real. In response, Krzhizhanovsky's prose has a recklessly unstable tone in which delighted examination of impossible worlds can slip into ferocious political sarcasm.... It is a method for investigating how much unreality reality can bear.
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The reality is the majority of us will not get off this planet. So the long run is, some kind of space exploration has to benefit us here on Earth.
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I'm kind of a sucker for the retro-diagnoses.
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I'm a good audience in general, but it's hard to make me laugh.
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People on television have trouble with fame because audiences think they're their mates.
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The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
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My parents were really loving, open people to be around. I don't remember them ever telling me this profession is difficult. There was never, 'Uhhh, what else are you interested in?' They were just, 'Great. Done. Go for it.'
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Today the Western powers and media want to domesticate us like sheep, to keep us tame and domesticated.
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Luck is going to play a huge part in your life.
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I believe that with the help of foreign countries - and under that condition only, because they have no other source of financing - the new government may temporarily extricate Georgia from the current situation.
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The cool thing about working and meeting a lot of people through your acting is that you never know who you might work with, in the future.
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We have too many intellectuals who are afraid to use the pistol of common sense.
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I'm very, very involved in charities involving youth.
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Growth is a panacea for many ills in society; not entirely, but many.
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My dad dated a lot of supermodels.
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I'm not an actor because I want my picture taken. I'm an actor because I want to be part of the human exchange.
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The way the media tends to cover fashion is as this superfluous, vacuous industry. They focus on models and shows, but behind all that is a massive global industry.
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I don't think I'd be a very good parent. I'd be too honest.
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The chance to work on Broadway choreography as opposed to having to deliver Broadway choreography can be two distinct things.
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I won't ski in the backcountry the day after a big storm anymore. The mountains are so humbling. As soon as you think you're on top or crushing it, that's when you need to be really careful.
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You will certainly not doubt the necessity of studying astronomy and physics, if you are desirous of comprehending the relation between the world and Providence as it is in reality, and not according to imagination.
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There is a need for financial reform along ethical lines that would produce in its turn an economic reform to benefit everyone. This would nevertheless require a courageous change of attitude on the part of political leaders.
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Coach Wooden, when he speaks, you listen. I've taken a lot of things from him and his little blue book because to him, it's not just about basketball, it's about life as well.
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I suppose I'm interested in sorrow, which is very different from depression or despair. Sorrow is continuous with the world; it allows for creativity.
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Krzhizhanovsky wanted to perform imaginary experiments with the nature of time and space. Outside, in the streets, the Communist state was busy performing such experiments for real. In response, Krzhizhanovsky's prose has a recklessly unstable tone in which delighted examination of impossible worlds can slip into ferocious political sarcasm.... It is a method for investigating how much unreality reality can bear.
