Miranda July Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
The sweeping, unfocused cuts of sequestration are certain to have unintended negative consequences, including for America's small businesses.
-
Although the evidence at this trial shows that Charles Manson was the leader of the conspiracy to commit these murders, there is no evidence that he actually personally killed any of the seven victims in this case.
-
Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
-
I think we're all good and bad, but good's not funny. Bad is funny. Suppress the good and let the bad out, and then you can be funny.
-
History is replete with examples of moments in time when we talk about deficit reduction and try to advance on it around the world, that is, where it leads to job losses, not job creation.
-
Steven Tyler isn't in Aerosmith anymore, but his gravestone will probably say something about Aerosmith.
-
A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.
-
Tea is a huge part of my life.
-
I'm a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
-
It is rare for a novel to have an ending as good as its middle and beginning...
-
'If you run before God, you cannot run after God.'
-
I prefer love scenes to be shot up close with a lot of focus on eyes and mouths. Otherwise it can feel uncomfortable and voyeuristic.
-
Empowering innovations transform something that is complicated and expensive into something that is so much more simple and affordable that a much larger population can enjoy it.
-
Generations of black women have anxiously watched as our children walk out into a world set against them. We teach them how to respond to police and how to react to racist comments, knowing that these lessons are not guaranteed to protect our children.
-
I didn't want to keep forcing myself to grind out book after book.
-
I've never had trouble finding inspiration for new songs, no matter what I'm doing.
-
I'm most impressed by the Russian writers, so I love reading the works of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. Another author who has informed the way I think is the French philosopher, Blaise Pascal.
-
When the board games came out of the cupboard when I was a kid, I had to beat my two brothers every time.
-
I think, actually, any morality system that rewards only the extremes is a flawed system. Players don't approach life that way, they don't approach games that way, and they shouldn't be trained to approach games that way. They shouldn't be in the 'Star Wars' mode where, 'I've got to choose every good option.'
-
Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.
-
I saw what I had been fighting for: it was for me, a scared child...
-
If the brutal facts are not faced by leaders, the brutal reality sets in.
-
He seemed to be waiting for me to move forward. Weren't we all.
