Miranda July Quotes
If you were wise enough to know that this life would consist mostly of letting go of things you wanted, then why not get good at the letting go, rather than the trying to have?
Quotes to Explore
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Generally I can sleep any time, anywhere, any place, unless I'm anxious about work. I can get performance anxiety, so when I'm on tour it can be hard to sleep.
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I love being a father. It's one of my big jobs is just being a parent. It's one of my favorite things I do.
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I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie.
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By the end of 2020, the only region of the world that will still have a lot of 2G connections may be Africa.
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There have always been arguments showing that free will is an illusion: some based on hard physics, others based on pure logic.
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We are all the same person trying to shake hands with our self.
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People understand that nuclear weapons cannot be used without indiscriminate effects on civilian populations. Such weapons have no legitimate place in our world. Their elimination is both morally right and a practical necessity in protecting humanity.
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One of my favorite movies of all time is 'Bugsy Malone.'
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When I meet people after stand-up shows, they'll bring their cars.
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Something I've noticed as I get older is that I do think about the future more. It's all positive thinking.
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I think if you're forthright and answer a lot of questions, sometimes you'll get people who won't let you answer the questions, and that makes for a difficult answer.
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We believe the Senate language provides for federal subsidies for abortions. Plus there's a language in there where you have to pay one dollar per month, every enrollee, to pay for a fund for reproductive rights which include abortion. And that's totally against federal law. So we are saying take that out.
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She waits for me; my lady Earth, Smiles and waits and sighs;I'll say her nay, and hide away, Then take her by surprise.
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(Econometrics is) the unification of economic theory, statistics and mathematics.
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And in his hand a sickle he did holde, To reape the ripened fruits the which the earth had yold.
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You have Palestinians living in Israel with full political rights. You don’t have discriminatory laws against them, I mean not letting them swim on certain beaches or anything like that. I think it's unfair to call Israel an apartheid state. If Kerry did so, I think he made a mistake.
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I just want my films to work. The hit or flop verdict really affects me. I seriously analyse what went wrong if a film turns out to be a dud!
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Please subdue the anguish of your soul. Nobody is destined only to happiness or to pain. The wheel of life takes one up and down by turn.
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It is not how much you have, but with whom you enjoy it.
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I've made some films for the military that are teaching things like cultural awareness and leadership issues, that sort of stuff. And try to, in essence, look at what training they're doing and say, 'This is how you can improve the training from a humanistic point of view.'
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If you were wise enough to know that this life would consist mostly of letting go of things you wanted, then why not get good at the letting go, rather than the trying to have?
