Rachel Kushner Quotes
I'm very interested in the idea of a large group of people who come together quite suddenly, but not illogically, for reasons that could not have been anticipated.
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
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Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.
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I love to smell like roses, literally all day!
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The important thing to remember is war does not progress linearly. The future course of events is going to be very difficult to predict with a high degree of precision.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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I find very often people like to confront rumors. It depends on how much they trust you. And you have to have a line between what is tasteful and what isn't.
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I had been doing summer stock every summer while I was in college. We did a showcase, like most good conservatories do - monologues and things that agents and casting directors come to see. From that I got an agent.
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I did almost two years on 'One Life to Live,' so I was thinking, 'Oh yeah, I'm an actor now.'
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He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.
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To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.
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Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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Heaven is long-enduring, and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves.
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When I'm writing, it's the weirdest thing: it's not even a conscious process. I'm not even thinking when I write, and then all of a sudden, I'll have a song that makes me feel so much better than I did before.
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Winston Cup and the Busch Series are two totally different leagues. You get put in different situations.
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You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.
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Women just love to shop.
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I don't have many friends.
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I was hired as a computer programmer for a national laboratory at age 15.
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Growing up, I wanted to be a musician. My mother, in typical Filipino-mom fashion, would always make me go up in front of people at parties to sing. Back then, as a kid, I was mortified. In retrospect, I see that doing that as a child helped me get over my fear of being in front of people.
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I will teach people not only how to identify their goals and dreams, but subsequently give them the tools to make those dreams a reality.
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I've been amazed at how quickly people can heal themselves, actually.
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The emotional aspects of a wilderness experience might be compared to a religious experience. It is particularly valuable for those people whose unconscious associations of pain and discomfort in relationships to man render a deity in human form impossible. Christianity is unacceptable to some people because of the use of the human symbol, but some who can't accept Christ can gain a tremendous sense of peace from relating to uncontaminated areas.
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I'm very interested in the idea of a large group of people who come together quite suddenly, but not illogically, for reasons that could not have been anticipated.
