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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• I've said this before, and I know this raises questions in the minds of some evangelicals. I do not believe that my mother, who never formally embraced Christianity as far as I know ... I do not believe she went to hell.

  

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• There are so many brilliant women on television right now.

  

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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