Miranda July Quotes
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I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's sociology as well as music, which is in keeping with the tradition of black music in America.
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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The riskiest thing you can do is get greedy.
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You know, I'm kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy.
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Gov. Perry has led the way in Texas on creating an environment for job growth.
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Prior to the United Nations even being formed, Palestine was a country. But the right of the Palestinian people were trampled, and unfortunately, international organizations contributed to those rights being trampled.
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I was never the girl who tore pictures out of wedding magazines.
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I want every version of a woman and a man to be possible. I want women and men to be able to be full-time parents or full-time working people or any combination of the two.
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I'm a world expert on superhero comics. I think maybe only Michael Chabon knows more than me.
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You have to be able to generate usable energy without greenhouse gas emissions, and you have to be able to do it cheaply if you want people to choose that approach. That means new technologies.
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I love the simplicity and freedom of running. A pair of shoes, and you are all set to explore new trails.
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A key reason that elections are run so badly is that in most states, political partisans are in charge.
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My parents were no ordinary people. My mother turned Gandhian, and my father was a staunch communist. They named me after the great saint as a symbol of communal harmony.
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My father was a teacher, and there were teachers all around, his friends, they were working for the Government and their behaviour was within strictly limited areas.
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No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.
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History should belong to all of us, and it needs to include people from different cultural backgrounds. Otherwise, it risks becoming irrelevant to children, who could then become disenchanted with education.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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In a sense I portray myself in a very androgynous way, and I love androgyny.
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I do have a side of me that would just love to be stuck in the woods and have to stick it out and be really resourceful.
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Personally, I am not so affected by my environment. What I build in the creative process is not necessarily connected to what I am physically in contact with. I am always observing everything, but it will not necessarily have a direct impact on what I do.
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In Iceland, you can see the contours of the mountains wherever you go, and the swell of the hills, and always beyond that the horizon. And there's this strange thing: you're never sort of hidden; you always feel exposed in that landscape. But it makes it very beautiful as well.
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Well, you know, I've had a very checkered career.
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When you can see the beauty of a tree, then you will know what love is.
