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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To take those fools in clerical garb seriously is to show them too much honor.
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Most models are emotionally abandoned. They need me. I'm their mother.
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I love her and she loves me, and we hate each other with a wild hatred born of love.
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Young children learn in a different manner from that of older children and adults, yet we can teach them many things if we adapt our materials and mode of instruction to their level of ability. But we miseducate young children when we assume that their learning abilities are comparable to those of older children and that they can be taught with materials and with the same instructional procedures appropriate to school-age children.
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We didn't discover online and think, 'Oh, this is really lucrative. We've got to get on board with it.' We've been here since 2003.
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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.
