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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Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.
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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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There are but two truths in the world - the Bible and Greek architecture.
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The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.
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I think a good story can do as much as a novel; not the exact same thing, of course, but just as much artistically. They're different beasts, but to tackle an expansive country like the United States, you're either going to write a big novel, or go in to various points on the map and write stories or poems.
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It's so funny when people who are not used to making movies get into it. You just can't believe how insufferably boring it is. Waiting around and doing these lines over and over and finally having to go in and loop the lines and dub them.
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We have to make the first move ourselves rather than expecting it to come from the phenomenal world or from other people. If we are meditating at home and we happen to live in the middle of the High Street, we cannot stop the traffic just because we want peace and quiet. But we can stop ourselves, we can accept the noise. The noise also contains silence. We must put ourselves into it and expect nothing from outside, just as Buddha did. And we must accept whatever situation arises.
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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.
