Bill Konigsberg Quotes
My dad always says this thing, that when you have a foot in tomorrow and a foot in yesterday, you’re pissing all over the present.
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The legacy of the fairy story in my brain is that everything will work out. In fiction it would be very hard for me, as a writer, to give a bad ending to a good character, or give a good ending to a bad character. That's probably not a very postmodern thing to say.
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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The attitude and identity that we want to play with doesn't change.
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Angels possess greater powers than do human beings.
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You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.
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I kept trying to write these books that were sort of outside of my realm, and I kept failing.
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Any organization or any individual that targets civilians and kills them for political agenda is a terrorist organization.
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Two young actresses I admire are Emma Stone and Emma Watson, because they are intelligent, talented actresses and have a great sense of humor. They have learned to balance what they love in life - acting, school and everything else.
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I have always compared our traditions of liberty, like those of Abraham Lincoln and Ho Chi Minh.
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The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.
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We can climb mountains with self-love.
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Sometimes in television, if there are storylines that are oft-told, people can be hypercritical of them.
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I love to do a messy top knot because it's so easy but looks like it could have taken a bit of effort!
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I don't know if I have any feelings about psychics. I never really met any.
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I find British men very gentlemanly... like opening doors. There is a certain chivalry about British men which I like, and I'm a sucker for an accent.
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Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.
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I have to say, I do love the Ovation guitars. If I had one guitar to play, it would be that one, and it's got nothing to do with having my name on it. I absolutely rely on it.
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When I was a kid, I loved 'Little Women.'
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Suppose you try to convince someone, even if only yourself, that change is an illusion. You work your way through each step until you or your listener is convinced. Yet that your mind entertains one premise after the other and finally reaches the conclusion is itself an instance o f the change the argument denies.
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At least three times a week, I'm approached by someone who says something about 'Fargo.'
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It was my dad’s idea that music is supposed to be more than simply about entertainment and making a living, but about being of service as an integral part of the consciousness of the world. In honor of him and because it’s right, I use music in that light.
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To me, that's the important issue about spiritual principle: that you recognize it as both that which saves you from the self-sabotaging mind and that which heals you and lifts you up when you succumb to it and attract whatever personal disaster you attract.
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Sometimes you have trouble because someone 'likes' your music so much. They follow you around for hours singing little bits of the songs, or just freaking out.
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My dad always says this thing, that when you have a foot in tomorrow and a foot in yesterday, you’re pissing all over the present.
