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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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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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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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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Before 1959, some Americans saw Cuba as something to exploit, ignored poverty, enabled corruption. And since 1959, we’ve been shadow-boxers in this battle of geopolitics and personalities. I know the history, but I refuse to be trapped by it.
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I do know plenty of atheists, agnostics and skeptics who have become Christians through the years. In fact, several of my friends were once strong atheists but are now committed followers of Jesus.
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My doctor asked me if I smoked, and I said only when I'm working, golfing, or drinking. Then I realized the only time I don't smoke is when I'm home. I didn't even realize I'd become a smoker.
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I always encourage over-tipping if you can afford it because... share the wealth.
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I'm only interested in being a good actor and in being remembered for my best films, not for the way I look. But it seems inevitable in this line of work that I have to care about the way I look without getting obsessed about it.
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Women would all be better off if we realized we didn't have to choose between being an intelligent being and a sexual being.
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Inelegantly, and without my consent, time passed.
