Carrie Brownstein (Carrie Rachel Brownstein) Quotes
No matter what people are struggling with, or based on whatever. Sexuality, ethnicity, economic status, size. I don't wish smallness for anyone. It's a terrible place to live.
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Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
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There are a million great books out there if you just go to Google. There's a lot to pull apart. A lot of crazy, unbelievable stuff that's all completely true. I get into little obsessions, and I read everything I can find on one thing, and then I move onto another.
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I was really a charmer; I was the guy who would get to the office, the principal would sit me down and within 10 minutes, we'd be, like, talking about some movies or something.
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Homosexuals are riding high in the media.
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Girls, to me, growing up were very, very petty and didn't want me to succeed and didn't want the best for me.
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I would very much like to become a best-selling author.
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The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational.
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Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play.
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I want to score in every game and win things. That's the most important thing.
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If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director.
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I made all their videos, apart from the last two, so if you ever see an Abba video on TV then it's my stuff.
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Work done illegally outdoors or without permission feels like pure freedom to me. I understand how it can upset many in our society, but in the bigger picture, it is ultimately about freedom. We are living in a time where public space has become a commodity for corporations to control and dictate what is seen and heard.
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I like to eat. I'm always on the edge of how much can I eat without looking too – you know. If I eat something salty, it makes me want something sweet. I eat something sweet, then I want salty. And exercise is not my thing, though I do it.
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The government must understand that it cannot substitute the health, nutrition, and overall development outcomes of Indian citizens with 'efficiency gains.'
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Mike Judge usually receives underwhelming acclaim for his movies when they come out; it takes a while for people to catch up.
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The labor movement is a movement of the working people, for the working people, by the working people, governed by ourselves, with its policies determined by ourselves...
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For he who fights and runs awayMay live to fight another day;But he who is in battle slainCan never rise and fight again.
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Some people think of feminine as just being pretty and quiet and sweet, but I also think being feminine is being angry and also being sexy and aggressive and passionate.
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There is nothing quite so depressing as waking up to face a day when you know that you are going to have to deal with a government office or bureaucrat.
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All of us experience a gap between our minds and the reality of time—that's why we suffer.
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It’s a big coincidence. It’s something we can’t explain. But as far as we know that’s all it is. And if it isn’t, we’ll only find out by discovering more facts, not speculating, no matter how logical that speculation might seem. The way to learn the world is to look at the world.
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Distance running to a professional athlete in my day was five laps around the field. And you stopped each lap to take your pulse.
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They are in a high key, somewhat like impressionism or a modified impressionism. I think I'm still an impressionist.
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No matter what people are struggling with, or based on whatever. Sexuality, ethnicity, economic status, size. I don't wish smallness for anyone. It's a terrible place to live.
