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?
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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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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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(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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In order to be a great marketer, you have to be focused and intense and look at scarcity, urgency, activity and passion in the marketplace.
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Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier. The cigars taste better. The trees are greener.
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I think it's more optimistic about human nature to acknowledge that people are the products of their time but then to see that they have moments of grace and dignity that everybody has.
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Up until 'Fast and Furious 7,' every movie I've made has been a film that I've created, franchises that I've created.
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I went to Elon University and studied musical theater. I usually did two musicals a year, but I also did a couple of plays. That was sort of always where I felt the most relaxation.
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I think the most important thing journalism taught me is to mine for details. The details are key. You can't try to be funny or strange or poignant; you have to let the details be funny or strange or poignant for you.
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At 'The Village Voice,' there were all these fevers inside the offices, that would break out into full-scale rumbles between writers.
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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?
