Rachel Kushner Quotes
Growing up, I was not told that there were women's areas of preoccupation or male ones.
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I like everything perfect. Everything has to be neat. My sister is 5, and she's more messy than I am. I make my bed every morning, everything's perfect. My shoes are all arranged. It's sad. I'm a little like Ray, a little bit.
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'Longmire' is more of a show about the characters, and you couldn't pay a bigger compliment than to want to know more about my character, or the characters on the show.
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I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.
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I used to get a haircut every Saturday so I would never miss any of the comic books. I had practically no hair when I was a kid!
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I don't play anymore, because I know I'm not going to be a pro golfer. So there's no reason to golf.
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We pay taxes, and we help the city coffers.
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I want to do it for myself. It's my goal and dream. All I can ask for is to get the chance and go out there and do the best I can, be as ready as I can.
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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There's monsters in all of us, but there's also vulnerability.
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It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.
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To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.
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Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question.
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L.A. makes you feel ugly.
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As football gets more globalised, it's probably more important than ever to have one or two players in your team who have grown up in the same streets or been to the same schools as the hard-core fans.
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Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.
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Economically, we are, to some significant degree, interdependent with Chinese well-being. That is a great asset.
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The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.
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I'm not graceful.
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I listened to a lot of Marvin Gaye and Motown records.
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If you have been vaccinated for polio, mumps, measles, chicken pox, hepatitis, or rabies, it may be too late for you to stand your ethical ground: You have already benefited from fetal-tissue research. This is, after all, a practice that's been legal since the 1930s.
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At no time are we ever in such complete possession of a journey, down to its last nook and cranny, as when we are busy with preparations for it.
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Our fashion style is very legendary and very classic. I feel like it's different, and I feel like everybody got our own different style to bring to the table.
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I have always believed that resistance against repression and violence is possible without relying on similar repression and violence. I have always believed that human civilization is the fruit of the effort of both women and men.
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Growing up, I was not told that there were women's areas of preoccupation or male ones.
