Rachel Kushner Quotes
My mother told me many stories about her childhood in Cuba. Living there had a profound impact on her and how she regards herself.
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I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet.
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I'm someone who wears their heart on their sleeve.
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I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.
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I was never one to sit down and write a plan for my future.
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I knew nothing about martial arts. And I don't really like it! But in the film, I not only had to pretend that I knew all about it, I had to be the best at it. That was very difficult.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.
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I have the potential to be very strong and powerful, sometimes angry, sometimes passionate. I also can be shy and withhold that because I am afraid. I don't want to freak anybody out with my passion... So I struggle with that all the time.
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The cliche of what a rock star is - there's something elitist about it. I never related to that. I'm an entertainer. I think of it as, you're performing for people. It's not a self-glorification thing.
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When I approach guys in certain situations and talk to them about Christ, they know that I'm speaking to them in a way that's real.
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Kids need time for problem solving, critical thinking, applying knowledge through project-based instruction, working in teams, falling down and getting right back up to figure out what they didn't understand and why.
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No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
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I love working with a cast and a group of people every day, which is different than recording because you're usually pretty isolated and alone. They serve as a good balance for each other.
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.
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I tell people marriage is a compromise, and so are renovations.
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I did two or three plays every summer.
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No one wanted to be my friend because of my lunchbox - because I never shared my lunchbox. One day the principal walked in and said, 'No one is friends with Karan Johar; who will be his friend?' My CEO today put his hand up there and said, he will.
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No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain.
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I can't rewrite history.
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I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies, melting away at the approach of civilization.
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Back home everyone said I didn't have any talent. They might be saying the same thing here but it sounds better in French.
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There is a hotline that runs from the college students to their high school buddies.
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It is so much better to make a big thing out of a little subject than to make a little thing out of a big one.
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My mother told me many stories about her childhood in Cuba. Living there had a profound impact on her and how she regards herself.
