Miranda July Quotes
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The utterly fallacious idea at the heart of the pro-war argument is that it is the duty of the anti-war argument to provide an alternative to war. The onus is on them to explain just cause.
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My kids are free to do what ever they want. Because I only advise. I don't make them do anything.
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I think I should get a bigger between-the-song persona, so then I'm not wandering around the stage like some mad old auntie that's saying hello to people and falling over.
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Our goal definitely isn't to sell Stripe.
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To play four hands requires two people who have great affinity for each other.
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There is racism all over the United States. Most Southerners I know, we definitely find ourselves defending our heritage.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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I learned a long time ago that fame and money is not a ticket to happiness.
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European citizens expect that there will be also a fair system inside the European Union and in the euro, and that's why we have to have quite hard discipline.
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Novels taught me that history is dramatic. I wanted my students to know that, too.
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I have no new voices - they've all been used.
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If I made a mistake on a piece of content, I'm going to learn from it.
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Lying is the rule, not the exception.
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My books are never about the crimes. They are about how the characters react to the crimes.
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He's so interesting because you think you know Dennis Hopper, but you don't really know Dennis Hopper. I don't really know Dennis Hopper, I just know him from the silver screen.
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On a practical level, poetry isn't something anybody has really made a great living at. I might sell some books and, once in a while, someone might pay to hear me read.
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My eldest son George had acute myeloid leukaemia when he was a tiny baby, he is now 20 and doing very well. He is a mini-miracle in many ways.
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Sex isn't hard, but intimacy is terrifying.
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I want to do anything where people feel I can help make their franchise better and make a contribution.
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To a great experience one thing is essential - an experiencing nature.
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I don't mind having people over, but it's weird how much more withdrawn I've become than being social in public places, I guess.
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I've been wanting to sing for a long time. I've been singing all my life, and I've tried different record companies, but it seemed like - it was such a struggle and so hard to get out there. So, I said, 'I'm gonna go on American Idol and see how far it takes me.'
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I wish one time in my life I could do what other writers do... get me a villa in Spain and go there to write a book.
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Inelegantly, and without my consent, time passed.
