Rachel Kushner Quotes
'Blood Meridian' was without question the novel that made me want to become a writer.
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I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.
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I don't like to say anything good. I feel like I'll jinx myself.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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It's hard to bring up your children on benefit. It's easier if you can do part- time work, or even full-time work, and actually have a better standard of living, and that's the direction in which we are going.
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I don't care about image and all that nonsense. I'm in sweat pants every day. I don't play the game at all.
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A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
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My father was a civil servant in northern India where I was born. As a boy I saw the dire effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially on women and children. It often seemed that the only thing separating me from them was luck.
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Christlike communications are expressions of affection and not anger, truth and not fabrication, compassion and not contention, respect and not ridicule, counsel and not criticism, correction and not condemnation. They are spoken with clarity and not with confusion. They may be tender or they may be tough, but they must always be tempered.
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I am definitely a dog person. I feel like Webster and I are very much alike.
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I think I've owned all the models of iPods so far. And these days between my iPod, iPhone and my personal laptop computer, I'm someone who is very, very grateful for all the ways to listen to music and completely switch off from people around me and listen to the music in detail, which is very hard to do if you're in a room with other people.
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My Mt. Rushmore of hero worship would include Ralph Waldo Emerson, Marcus Aurelius, Frank Sinatra and Barry White.
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If I were president, I am not sure that I would offer Ed Rendell the job of chief of staff.
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Hockey, honestly, was my first love. The excitement, the fast pace, the intensity of the game... I still love it to this day.
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Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light.
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I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.
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Boxing is real easy. Life is much harder.
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I don't feel the need to prove myself by writing the next generational novel.
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When the soul, through its own fault... becomes rooted in a pool of pitch-black, evil smelling water, it produces nothing but misery and filth.
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I will be up at 8 A.M. making spaghetti bolognese for Peter and Sophia's evening meal if I'm working that day. I may not get back for the evening, and I worry if I don't do that, then they won't eat anything.
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When I read poetry, I read it aloud. It's so much better that way.
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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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For me, fitness is not just about hitting the gym; it is also about an inner happiness and an overall well-being.
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If we adopt a self-centered approach to life, by which we attempt to use others for our own self interest, we might be able to gain temporary benefits, but in the long run we will not succeed in achieving even our personal happiness, and hope for the next life is out of the question.
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'Blood Meridian' was without question the novel that made me want to become a writer.
