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 really want to play a superhero. I want to take the role-model thing up a notch. I've always been a fan of movies and TV, and to be able to play the ultimate TV superhero would be awesome.
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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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Prayer is not an exercise, it is the life.
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One of the things I've been thinking about lately is how the change in values makes the survival of the old values, where they do survive, all the more striking. There are pockets of the old bullfighting world that exist more or less intact, both in Spain and elsewhere.
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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
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I have seen life from the top down and the bottom up. I know how it looks both ways. And I know there is wisdom and that there is hope.
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Medical education is not just a program for building knowledge and skills in its recipients... it is also an experience which creates attitudes and expectations.
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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?
