Rachel Kushner Quotes
I spent a huge amount of time by myself. I daydreamed and learned how to be alone and not be lonely.
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The wretched and miserable would rise into plenty of joy and happiness as soon as they climb the steps of my mosque.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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Everything has two sides - the outside that is ridiculous, and the inside that is solemn.
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Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
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The John Birch Society is not ultra-conservative, communist-hating, and racist as opponents paint it.
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Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.
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You don't move just because you want to go from this point to that point - the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words.
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War is the unfolding of miscalculations.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other.
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Maybe our generation is more about sex, but it feels like romance is dying out.
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If we continue to fight the National Rifle Association on their home court, which is the legislative front, I think we'll continue to be frustrated. But when you have an ability to go directly to the public, that's a completely different field of engagement, and I think the NRA is not adept at that kind of engagement.
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The most important message that I can give to you and to all the world is to keep the commandments of God.
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I would be happy if people just called me an actor.
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Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at changing my clothes while driving. The men driving next to me love it.
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Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.
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Texas has no income tax, which is a big draw for corporate executives who do business there. But it's hardly tax-free. The property taxes are high for a Southern state. The sales taxes are high. One study found that the bottom 20 percent of the Texas population pays 12 percent of its income in state and local taxes.
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I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of it has been published there. The first two attempts to have all of my work published, for instance, were refused without any reason ever being given.
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I always knew I'd go back to school. Modeling was a means to an end, making money for graduate school.
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I grew up on my dad's sets, but I was never star-struck or desperate to be famous. I grew up being a worker. It took me a long time to realise that my work ended up being seen by people. As far as I was concerned, I was just in the family business.
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I hate technology and cellphones. I hate having to have one all of the time. I don't tweet or buzz or bing or whatever! It's a conscious thing - I hate the way that it can take over young people's lives.
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I spent a huge amount of time by myself. I daydreamed and learned how to be alone and not be lonely.
