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 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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• 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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• At the time I was writing 'Weedflower,' my friend Naomi Hirahara was writing a book about Japanese-American flower farmers. She knew quite a few elderly farmers and put me in touch with four or five of them who had been in camps during WWII. Some, like my father, were reluctant to talk about their experiences.

  

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• I can love people of every gender identity and expression. It is the soul that captivates me.

  

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• As a kid, I was so short, it was tough for me to keep up with the taller guys. I always had quick feet, but I just didn't have any power, really, as a kid.

  

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• To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives.

  

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• My parents were intelligent and encouraging, but at the same time, they were displeased at me becoming a wandering troubadour and wire walker.

  

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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.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • She
  • Mother
  • Childhood