Rachel Kushner Quotes
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It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions.
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I like to prove people wrong.
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I'm a very positive person. I get excited easily, and I like to jump around.
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Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there.
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I love making movies, but a movie becomes your entire life for, like, two to two and a half years. There's no way around it; if you're really going to be serious about a movie, it has to be your life.
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I hate being called an 'icon.' I just don't like it. That's all there is to it.
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Basically, I'm a musical vocalist, but I do voiceover stuff as a sideline, like plumbing or something.
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I like to grow and experiment, and as an artist, it's about kicking the bar up a little.
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Maybe I should pretend like I'm not insecure, but I really am. This movie is going to come out and... will people like it? Will they like Rey?
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I grew up in different parts of Africa. I grew up in Mozambique and places like that. I've been in South Africa many times.
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I like to get to bed with a clear head.
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But I guess I like playing flawed guys 'cause it gives a place for the characters to go.
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I like a sort of androgynous look, but I also love feminine shapes.
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I would like to write a movie and, if it wasn't too crazy, also direct.
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I must be like the princess who felt the pea through seven mattresses; each book is a pea.
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What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode?
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My arm bones looked like chicken bones.
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I have a lot of vinyl, but I only buy old records on vinyl. Like secondhand. It's too expensive otherwise.
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It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor.
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As I discussed in the previous chapter, attachment researchers have shown that our earliest caregivers don’t only feed us, dress us, and comfort us when we are upset; they shape the way our rapidly growing brain perceives reality. Our interactions with our caregivers convey what is safe and what is dangerous: whom we can count on and who will let us down; what we need to do to get our needs met. This information is embodied in the warp and woof of our brain circuitry and forms the template of how we think of ourselves and the world around us. These inner maps are remarkably stable across time.
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The modern museum has multiple purposes - to curate and preserve, to research, and to reach out to the public. They challenge us and ask us to question our assumptions about the past or the world around us.
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I write the poems first, with only a few exceptions for odd reasons, where I'm given the illustration first.
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Goal setting will never stop. I will continue to work hard and practice hard and see where things go.
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Italy in the Seventies seems like a fascinating place.
