Rachel Kushner Quotes

I guess I'm not really fond of just chit-chatting. I want to learn something and have an experience.

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• I'm not willing to commit American taxpayers' money anymore or American troops on the ground in another Middle Eastern country.

  

  Ted Yoho
  • Country
  • Money
  • American

• The main objective of our cinema is to entertain. If you can pass on a message at the same time, that is fantastic, but if the audience does not feel they are going to be entertained by the film, they are not going to watch it. There are many examples of very responsible and great films that are being made, but nobody goes to watch them.

  

  Abhishek Bachchan
  • Time
  • Great
  • Same

• Many leaders of big organizations, I think, don't believe that change is possible. But if you look at history, things do change, and if your business is static, you're likely to have issues.

  

  Larry Page
  • Believe
  • Business
  • History

• I know every politician spins the truth a little.

  

  Zach Braff
  • Truth
  • Know
  • Politician

• Turkey, a powerful and reliable ally of the U.S. through the Cold War, appears to be coming unmoored from Europe and the West and is becoming increasingly sectarian, autocratic, and nationalistic.

  

  Pat Buchanan
  • War
  • Powerful
  • Cold

• I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.

  

  Felix Baumgartner
  • Always
  • Feel
  • Unexpected

• For the most part, it's a very male-dominated business. Most executives are male, so it's always sort of their vision of stuff. I'm constantly fighting against that, even when I play the wife or the girlfriend or the best friend. I always try my hardest to bring as much layering in and not make things stereotypical, but it's hard.

  

  Madchen Amick
  • Business
  • Friend
  • Wife

• I have learnt that I am me, that I can do the things that, as one might put it, me can do, but I cannot do the things that me would like to do.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • Like
  • Doing
  • Learnt

• I like Modest Mouse. I'm our biggest fan. And enemy. I won't waste people's time by putting out a Modest Mouse record just because. That's fair, right?

  

  Sir Isaac Brock KB
  • People
  • Time
  • Enemy

• Our best thoughts come from others.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Best
  • Thoughts
  • Come

• I'm convinced the fall of Aleppo will not end the war.

  

  Federica Mogherini
  • War
  • Fall
  • End

• Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively.

  

  Kate Winslet
  • Life
  • Mind
  • New

• No one escapes from the past without bearing some of its burdens.

  

  Edmund Morgan
  • Past
  • Without
  • Some

• The Sherpas play a very important role in most mountaineering expeditions, and in fact many of them lead along the ridges and up to the summit.

  

  Edmund Hillary
  • Up
  • Important
  • Play

• I don't think anything I've written has been done in under six or eight drafts. Usually it takes me a few years to write a book. 'World's Fair' was an exception. It seemed to be a particularly fluent book as it came. I did it in seven months. I think what happened in that case is that God gave me a bonus book.

  

  E. L. Doctorow
  • World
  • God
  • Done

• It's so important for startups to get their culture right at the start. They need to feel unique and that they are on their own important mission in the world.

  

  Sam Altman
  • World
  • Important
  • Culture

• Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

  

  A. J. P. Taylor
  • History
  • Past
  • Study

• People trash talk me.

  

  Zlatan Ibrahimovic
  • People
  • Me
  • Talk

• My role in it was not as central as it was in some of the later cases considering I was younger then and I was playing a role of co-counsel on the case.

  

  Floyd Abrams
  • Playing
  • Role
  • Then

• There were thirst and hunger, and you were the fruit. There were grief and the ruins, and you were the miracle.

  

  Pablo Neruda
  • Grief
  • Miracle
  • Ruins

• The secret of making dreams come true can be summarized in four C's.They are Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, and Constancy; and the greatest of these is Confidence.

  

  Walt Disney
  • True
  • Confidence
  • Courage

• A Louisiana politician can't afford to let his animosities carry him away, and still less his principles, although there is seldom difficulty in that department.

  

  A. J. Liebling
  • Principles
  • Him
  • Carry

• Sandra brings extensive experience in corporate, securities, business practice, and intellectual property law, as well as mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and contract negotiations to Mercury. Sandra is a valuable addition to our executive team, and I am pleased to have her join Mercury in this important role.

  

  David Lee Murphy
  • Experience
  • Law
  • Role

• I guess I'm not really fond of just chit-chatting. I want to learn something and have an experience.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Experience
  • Want
  • Learn