Karl Schroeder Quotes
'I haven’t organized my life as a narrative, you know. I’m not sure you’ll understand.''As listeners, we are not required to understand,' said Qiingi. 'Only to care.'
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The long irons are the nemesis of the average golfer. I'm convinced that the underlying reason for this is that he keeps hearing how hard they are to handle. They're not that difficult, truly.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
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Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
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The key, of course, is to stay away from the losing years.
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I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that's true of every black person I know who has achieved.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I've been training quite hard.
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I am upset and completely disappointed in the government, the millionaires and billionaires in the U.S. See what's happening to the country? Look at all the health problems, the economy, the recession and crime.
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A lot of the time, people think I'm really dumb or really uncomfortable talking to them, which is kind of a real thing.
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I love and really respect strong women. I'm obsessed with Scarlett Johansson and Drew Barrymore and Penelope Cruz. They are just really incredibly strong-willed, intelligent females in the industry.
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The way that I sing is very mumbled-together, and so I guess I'm kind of stuck with it now.
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Under the law, the government, whether it's state, local or federal, cannot give the Catholic Church or any religious institution money directly.
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In Japan, I focus mostly on sending messages through Twitter, trying to spread my minority way of thinking.
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I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be.
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Everybody makes mistakes, but when goalkeepers make them, it is costly. That's the nature of being a goalkeeper.
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In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.
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I cannot think of a greater blessing than to die in one's own bed, without warning or discomfort, on the last page of a new book that we most wanted to read.
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Our real nature is not our imaginary, limited ego. Our true nature is vast, all-comprehensive, and intangible as empty space.
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Accept that your life is going on beyond your usual understanding.
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That's the way life is: meaning is always there, but there is no clearly given way of decoding it. Conventional cinema obscures this with an easy reduction of meaning to plot and schematic characters.
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'I haven’t organized my life as a narrative, you know. I’m not sure you’ll understand.''As listeners, we are not required to understand,' said Qiingi. 'Only to care.'
