Rebecca Solnit Quotes
The present rearranges the past. We never tell the story whole because a life isn't a story; it's a whole Milky Way of events and we are forever picking out constellations from it to fit who and where we are.
Quotes to Explore
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it.
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It's true: a lot of sportspeople really struggle to find something to do when they finish. It tips them into all sorts of strange things. With ex-footballers, it's really scary. I think 70% of them get divorced within five years. It's hard. You go from being really famous to not that famous. Your salary drops through the floor.
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There is nothing more difficult to define than an aphorism.
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Hillary stood with us, as she has stood with so many over the years, and we are proud to stand with her for our country now.
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I do believe that all of the world needs reform. The reform must take place everywhere.
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I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.
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I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly.
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Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them.
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Are we really so far from the Victorians? Much of what our society holds important was shaped in the 19th century.
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All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.
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Words that weep and tears that speak.
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Endurance is mind over matter.
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I love, love, love, love, love, love Naeem Khan. Every dress he makes looks like it belongs in a museum. You put it on, and you feel like royalty.
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I already have a Tony for my Broadway concert in '73. It's one of the most precious things I've won.
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Music videos were this lucky career opportunity. They were assignments. I was providing a service, and they were meant to be punchy and gimmicky and fun.
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The majority of people call or message me because they need something or they want something. You never know what people's intentions are.
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The way I choose parts is I look at the scripts... I choose a part by whether or not it challenges me.
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I'm a future legend. And you're the legend killer.
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That life had been one without excitement, with no adventure. It had been too safe. All the elements that made it up were right there before his eyes, and nothing new could ever be expected. It was like, he had once thought, a little plastic boat that would sail on forever, without incident, until it finally sank, which would be a secret relief to all.
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But classical music is not entertainment, and I feel viciously strong about that. Classical music is forever. Entertainment is something that is here today, and may be gone tomorrow.
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Only the dead stay seventeen forever.
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Let us do the work that is before us, so that when our time here is over we will all watch the sun go down as we all must, and say truly, we have prepared our children for the dawn.
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The present rearranges the past. We never tell the story whole because a life isn't a story; it's a whole Milky Way of events and we are forever picking out constellations from it to fit who and where we are.
