Cat Power Quotes
We're always going to remind ourselves of our mistakes and how we do things differently, trying to be a better person or whatever.
Quotes to Explore
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Trying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good.
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I think I didn't know whether I wanted to keep acting deep into my career. I kept trying to see if I would be able to do it well enough to make that part of my destiny or part of what I was supposed to do.
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I'm trying to make all the characters change and grow, or regress.
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I'm from Kansas, so there were a lot of vacant lots and open fields to tackle each other in so we could avoid tackling each other on the street. But running on the street and trying not to get taken down on the concrete, that will make you fast, that's for sure.
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Trying to command life without studying one's own mind is like trying to play the piano without studying music.
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My will, my faith and my body have been challenged, but make no mistake, my heart is strong and my resolve to fight will never be broken.
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'Troublemaker' is not an adaptation of 'Metro Girl' or 'Motor Mouth.' It is an original story. The hardest part was probably trying to keep the sound true to the novels. I always write in first person, and it was important to us that the readers of 'Metro' and 'Motor' be comfortable with the change over to a graphic novel.
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President Obama's 100-day plan is pretty impressive. I think it's a Wow 100-plus days. The administration is not operating from fear, it is trying to drive change for the future, and that's a good thing.
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It's funny, because in deference to conventional wisdom, I spent my struggling writer years trying to suppress my naturally baroque literary voice and write clean, spare prose. I finally gave up and embraced my baroque tendencies when I wrote the Kushiel series.
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While you're going through this process of trying to find the satisfaction in your work, pretend you feel satisfied. Tell yourself you had a good day. Walk through the corridors with a smile rather than a scowl. Your positive energy will radiate. If you act like you're having fun, you'll find you are having fun.
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I don't have any horror stories of trying to start as a comedian and eating it constantly on stage.
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Marketers have long known that a name can make all the difference when you're trying to move the merch. The kiwifruit was once the Chinese gooseberry, after all - at least until the produce peddlers wised up - and the Chilean sea bass was once the singularly unappetizing Patagonian toothfish.
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There's a way of filming where you can get rid of the vanity and of trying to make something beautiful.
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The first Elizabeth film was an absolute travesty historically. It really was sloppy. Things like 'The Other Boleyn Girl' and 'The Tudors,' people's perception is distorted because of these. It matters to me as a historian, because I spend my life trying to get it right.
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Some people would look at a backing track as something that would confine you, but it really frees us up. It's nice not to be strapped down to a certain spot when you're trying to put on a show.
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I've been in a long-term relationship, and I'll tell you, it's never boring! People trying to merge their lives together always run into challenges.
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I approached Red Square three times, trying to find somewhere to land, before discovering a wide bridge nearby. I landed there and taxied into Red Square.
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If you hear Bing Crosby trying to swing, it doesn't work. He swings like a rusty gate.
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The fact that wealthy people or people from privileged backgrounds may wind up in a violent terrorist organization is not new.
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We try to find the information, the clues, to unlock the play or the story or our characters, especially when they're based on real people that live and breathe.
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When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.
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I should dearly love that the world should be ever so little better for my presence. Even on this small stage we have our two sides, and something might be done by throwing all one's weight on the scale of breadth, tolerance, charity, temperance, peace, and kindliness to man and beast. We can't all strike very big blows, and even the little ones count for something.
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We're always going to remind ourselves of our mistakes and how we do things differently, trying to be a better person or whatever.
