Molly Shannon Quotes
I've definitely read stuff that I've been offered, where I've been like, "I can't do this. I think somebody would be better in this than me."
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One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions.
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I think artists are really the root of a tree. They can search for truth or reality in their own way, and the gallery can support them - the outside part of the tree, where it is more about reaching the outside world, connecting with the outside world. That is the role of the gallery, no? Why does the artist have to do that?
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I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
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There is no easy way to get around horrible people on the Internet, and it's either just leave it or don't and get sucked into the whirlwind of it all.
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If there's a trait for not sleeping, I probably have it.
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Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.
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The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning; he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.
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The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
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We have promised to support India in its international aspiration. We have agreed to set up a working group on technology.
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I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.
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I am happy in Paris.
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I love being called NTR's grandson. I never moved away from his shadow, maybe because I didn't try enough or maybe because I like it this way.
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You could time a suburban story by your watch: it lasts as long as it takes a small furry animal that's lonely to find friends, or a small furry animal that's lost to find its parents; it lasts as long as a quick avowal of love; it lasts precisely as long as the average parent is disposed on a Tuesday night to spend reading aloud to children.
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I think the only time that I worry about looking good is on the red carpet.
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I love the Beatles.
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Knowledge, absolutely sure of its infallibility, is faith.
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The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and through politics.
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I have faith in the universe, for it is rational. Law underlies each happening. And I have faith in my purpose here on earth. I have faith in my intuition, the language of my conscience, but I have no faith in speculation about Heaven and Hell. I'm concerned with this time-here and now.
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Sometimes I want to just pull the off switch, but you can't because if you go outside, you have to give people your all. You can't say, 'Oh, you know what? I'm not feeling good today.' No. No one's trying to hear that. When a woman comes up to you and says, 'Hey, my daughter's your biggest fan. Can we have a picture?' You can't say no.
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I'd have to say the best part of being successful is being able to take care of my mom so she never has to worry about anything again and also being able to put my friends and people I care about in positions to win.
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Persuasion, kind, unassuming persuasion, should be adopted to influence the conduct of men. The opposite course would be a reversal of human nature, which is God's decree and can never be reversed.
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We either have wild places or we don't. We admit the spiritual-emotional validity of wild, beautiful places or we don't. We have a philosophy of simplicity of experience in these wild places or we don't. We admit an almost religious devotion to the clean exposition of the wild, natural earth or we don't.
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And I think about my cell at the Pawiak prison. During the first week I felt I would not be able to endure a day without a book, without the circle of light under the parafin lamp in the evening, without a sheet of paper, without you. . . .
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I've definitely read stuff that I've been offered, where I've been like, "I can't do this. I think somebody would be better in this than me."
