Rachel Kushner Quotes
I have crashed on a motorcycle that was going at 140mph, so I know what it feels like.
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It's so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see one.
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I'm a bad liar; I don't know what to say backstage.
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What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope?
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Oregonians continually demonstrate a strong belief in fairness and equal treatment under the law.
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Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.
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There's a different energy with a female director, a female at the head of the production. I don't prefer one over the other, but they're definitely different experiences, and I would love to have more of them.
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I am fighting vigorously for less spending, less waste and limited government. I strongly believe that the more government grows, the less freedom Americans have.
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If you want to fight a war on drugs, sit down at your own kitchen table and talk to your own children.
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Our international success started out first because we became the No. 1 casual wear brand in our home market of Japan. Then, we set up stores in the world's major fashion centers of New York, Paris and London.
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We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful.
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I heard that in the United States the level of baseball was the highest in the world. So it was only natural that I would want to go there, as a baseball player.
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To write a book about improvisation is partly a contradiction in terms. Improvisation is spontaneous. It's in the moment.
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Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.
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Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.
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For me, I think there's a lot more room in cable television to tell broader stories. NBC and the networks, they're all very mainstream, and they're a little more conservative in how they approach storytelling.
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A man builds a house in England with the expectation of living in it and leaving it to his children; we shed our houses in America as easily as a snail does his shell.
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The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
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Capital isn't scarce; vision is.
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It doesn't matter if people perceive me as being a little strange. I think overall, even when I am on stage, when people see me, I am setting an example.
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I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending racism.
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I always have been an activist for things that were just authentically a part of my life, that I felt connected to.
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I always wondered what it would be like to have a normal childhood.
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I think it's not really difficult to write about love. We've been saying the same thing over and over for so many years. But it depends on how honest it is and how good you make it feel. You can say 'I love you' in a trillion ways, and it can always sound different or feel different.
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I have crashed on a motorcycle that was going at 140mph, so I know what it feels like.
