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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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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The ways we miss our lives are life.
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The opposite of pragmatism is not idealism. It’s wishful thinking.
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I’ve always said there’s no hope without endeavor. Hope has no meaning unless we are prepared to work to realize our hopes and dreams but in order to that we do need to have friends. We need those who believe in us. Friends are those who believe in us and who want to help us whatever it is that we are trying to achieve.
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People can be teachers and idiots; they can be philosophers and idiots; they can be politicians and idiots... in fact I think they have to be... a genius can be an idiot. The world is largely run for and by idiots; it is no great handicap in life and in certain areas is actually a distinct advantage and even a prerequisite for advancement.
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I started out playing in clubs. I always like existing under ground and over ground at the same time.
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A Kindle returns us to the inconvenience of the scroll, except with batteries and electronic glitches. It's as handy as bringing Homer along to recite the 'Iliad' while playing a lyre.
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I hear the criticism loud & clear That is how I know that the time is near
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Inelegantly, and without my consent, time passed.
