Miranda July Quotes
Some people are uncomfortable with silences. Not me. I’ve never cared much for call and response. Sometimes I will think of something to say and then I ask myself: is it worth it? And it just isn’t.
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By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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Life has been kind to me. I am happy with the love and appreciation that I have been getting throughout my career. I feel blessed.
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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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I'm a really bad liar.
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Great research universities around the world are visible not just through their quality graduates but as knowledge creators and technology developers.
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When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.
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I set the goal of getting a book contract by age thirty.
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I don't subscribe to the idea that if you don't have the body you want, you can't be proud of the body you have. I think you can do both.
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In the future, I want a movie career, kids and a happy marriage.
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As a little kid, I watched hip hop get created. So it's an honour for me to represent the Bronx, the motherland of hip hop.
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Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.
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We can't do a modern Batman continually beating up thugs in zoot suits with tommy guns in violin cases. The game has to move on. It has to feel relevant.
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I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school.
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I've always been somewhere down from the top, so I've never had to suffer being knocked off the top.
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When it came to the Vietnam War, Mr. McNamara was an early advocate of escalation but came to realize the flaws in the American approach earlier than many of his colleagues. Yet in public, he continued to defend the war.
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David Bowie and Boy George created a safely contained theatrical expression of gay style.
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Human problems are complex. If something isn't complex it doesn't qualify as problematic. Very simple bad things are not worth troubling ourselves about.
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We tend to have tremendous faith in the power of our disasters and far too little faith in the power of miracles.
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Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me it's the oil of life.
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People always assume I don't need to work for money, but my divorce settlement was not as much as it's always reported to be.
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Some people are uncomfortable with silences. Not me. I’ve never cared much for call and response. Sometimes I will think of something to say and then I ask myself: is it worth it? And it just isn’t.
