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 saw Damien Rice in Dublin when I was 13, and that inspired me to want to pursue being a songwriter... I practised relentlessly and started recording my own EPs. At 16, I moved to London and played any gigs I could, selling CDs from my rucksack to fund recording the next, and it snowballed from there.
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I started saying, 'I don't want to be crazy anymore.' I need to make some changes. And the first thing I started doing was just got all the men out of my life, because that was a big problem for me. That was a crutch, if you will. You know, trying to define yourself through other people or men, in particular.
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Through most of my life, music has been like a radio that plays and plays in my head.
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We don't want to end up in a class war. We want everyone to have food, clean water, and a long life expectancy.
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Who wouldn't want to see some owl eggs?" I said, "Come on then, they are down here." He said, "Tallulah, the answer to who wouldn't want to see some owl eggs is... me!!!!
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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?
