Rachel Kushner Quotes
I know there are writers who like to say that every novel is hard, and it doesn't get easier. That may be the case, and I've only written two. But the first, to me, was characterized by an enduring oscillation between perseverance and a profound doubt.
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The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
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I'm a big crier in general. The right life insurance commercial will take me out for a couple of days.
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I don't do the gym and I don't diet. I'm vegetarian but I don't diet.
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I used the diabetes as my weapon. Of course, I was only hurting myself and making myself sicker, but I guess it was something I had to go through. I never went overboard so much that I really hurt myself, but my early teenage years were very tough.
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We live in an inter-dependent world. An isolated India is not in our interest.
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I read the Scriptures at the American Cathedral on Christmas and Easter; that's it. It's a task I love.
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I don't want people to think of me as sexy.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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Any smart executive understands that to find the best talent she has to explore new territory that lies beyond familiar geography. That applies not only to gender, but also to race, religion, background and age.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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The sensation of dying is sweet, sensuous, placid.
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Gods always behave like the people who make them.
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'Where is your million-dollar shirt?' I'm like, 'It's underneath these $25 Hanes T-shirts I've got on.'
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Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.
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I've always gone for the more sensitive, bookish guy, totally. The jock boys, the sporty guys, I don't know... they just didn't do it for me.
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No one connected intimately with a writer has any appreciation of his temperament, except to think him overdoing everything.
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I pretty much make time for that weekly manicure.
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Fashion is unique. It's a leveler, not a divider.
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How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
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But as long as you're creating the art you want to create, if people start liking you, you shouldn't have to apologize. You want your stuff to be heard by as many people as possible.
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In circumstances where the law of force prevails, where security depends on power alone, the weakest party is naturally the most busy to place itself in a posture of defense.
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Old age is perhaps life's decision about us ...
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I have a profound interest in embroidery, as I have female ancestors on both sides who embroidered their way through great trials.
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I know there are writers who like to say that every novel is hard, and it doesn't get easier. That may be the case, and I've only written two. But the first, to me, was characterized by an enduring oscillation between perseverance and a profound doubt.
