Miranda July Quotes
All I ever really want to know is how other people are making it through life—where do they put their body, hour by hour, and how do they cope inside of it.
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Nothing is certain in life but death and taxes. And in Donald Trump's case, lies.
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Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well.
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I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues.
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We are shallow because we are 'mayabang,' ego driven, and do not have the humility to understand that we are only human, much too human to mistake knowledge for wisdom.
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I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.
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Novelists should be like scientists, dissecting the cadaver.
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A lot of people tell me I have to trash-talk more, but I got here with my fists, fighting, not with my mouth.
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Intelligence is sexy. Don't play dumb, especially young girls. Don't play dumb. And let people see that you are intelligent.
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Most actors and actresses are performative as people.
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I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.
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Nothing sickens me more than the closed door of a library.
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My dad was my hero. And I got my personality from my mother.
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I think that role model is kind of a weird thing because obviously you are, but I try to make good choices and good decisions for myself for me to have a good life. If that inspires someone else, that is great, but I think you should do good for yourself and your own happiness.
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I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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My family is more a sports family, and I figure skated for a very long time, so movement and how I relate to movement is very integral to my process.
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As long as you get your education and you stay focused, you can do anything.
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The historical circumstance of interest is that the tropical rain forests have persisted over broad parts of the continents since their origins as stronghold of the flowering plants 150 million years ago.
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I was always ambitious - not to make money: to be published.
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To see for themselves what the United States has been willing to undertake in the name of freedom. We should all visit Normandy. We should pay homage to those brave Americans who stormed ashore at Omaha Beach and gave their lives for the freedom of others.
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We're married. We are one now. There's no running away. We have to deal with things together and figure them out, and that's the greatest gift. I'm in it. People ask me, 'How do you maintain a relationship?' I don't know, but all I do know is that I chose Sara to be the one, and when I choose something, that's all that matters, and I'm totally in.
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I think of Steely Dan as being of its time, and it may be inseparable from its time.
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In high school, during marathon phone conversations, cheap pizza dinners and long suburban car rides, I began to fall for boys because of who they actually were, or at least who I thought they might become.
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All I ever really want to know is how other people are making it through life—where do they put their body, hour by hour, and how do they cope inside of it.
