Miranda July Quotes
People tend to stick to their own size group because it's easier on the neck. Unless they are romantically involved, in which case the size difference is sexy. It means: I am willing to go the distance for you.
Quotes to Explore
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'Glee' is one of the very few mainstream outlets that is giving a voice to communities of people that don't necessarily have a loud voice, specifically the gay community. It gives a really positive and forward statement.
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I went from 118 pounds to 135 pounds in a few months. But, I still didn't know anything about food.
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Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.
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Very often there's this misapprehension about actors being people that need to display themselves, to reveal themselves in public.
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Love is reaching out to try to get to the other person.
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If you're writing a scene for a character with whom you disagree in every way, you still need to show how that character is absolutely justified in his or her own mind, or the scene will come across as being about the author's views rather than about the character's.
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In sailing, I single-hand, and I want to do the Horn. The Horn is the maximum expression of sailing, the way the Iditarod is the maximum expression of running dogs. It's not to write about it; it's to experience the maximum thing.
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The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every calling, is diligence.
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Having a son is not all pleasure.
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On the rare occasions I go to the gym, I prefer silence.
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Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Something may occur to make you regret your premature action.
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To properly prepare to receive personal revelation, we must repent, ask through prayer, be obedient, search the scriptures, fast, think pure thoughts, and develop a spirit of reverence.
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If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.
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No one knows for sure if you can inherit a stammer, and so I worry that my baby might. It's why I want to work on my speech before he arrives. I don't want him to hear me stammer.
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To be feminist doesn't mean you can't be submissive.
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You're meant to be playing the distillation of evil, which can be anything.
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My brother and I have been able to get on and have been very lucky to do things with our family that other people wouldn't have been able to do. But then again, we've also been able to live a normal life as well.
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Every woman who thinks she is the only victim of violence has to know that there are many more.
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It's not easy to talk about transcendence, just as it's not easy to play or listen to a late Beethoven quartet … You have to practice quite hard, like you do with any art form. Religion is hard work.
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Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth. The intellectual kings of the earth have seldom been college-bred.
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The destruction of India's village system was the greatest of England's blunders.
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We are living in a different world now. You can see it everywhere in international relations: It was noteworthy that, after his visit to Washington, the Chinese president's next stop was Saudi Arabia.
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I have absolutely no concept of work, except for university. But I like to talk to people a lot about their jobs.
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People tend to stick to their own size group because it's easier on the neck. Unless they are romantically involved, in which case the size difference is sexy. It means: I am willing to go the distance for you.
