Bill Konigsberg Quotes
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Art is the job of the privileged.
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I learned to walk on my own legs, to dive so deeply into a role to forget that I'm acting.
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We are different people - you get a different take on the band whoever you speak to. Somehow, at the end of it, it goes through the filtering process and out comes the Radiohead thing.
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I went through my first big breakup, with a boyfriend who I had been with for more than two years. He had been one of my dancers, and it was my first love and his.
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There is a healthy American newspaper tradition of not taking yourself seriously It is the story you must take that way... And if you do take yourself seriously, according to this sound convention, you are supposed to do your best not to let anyone else know about it. (Like bed-wetting.)
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The future lies with those companies who see the poor as their customers.
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Don't worry about trying to impress people... Just focus on how you can add value to their lives.
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If a man is often the subject of conversation he soon becomes the subject of criticism.
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Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.
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Don't expect a great day; create one.
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Show true religion, cause words don't relieve
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You dont have to be a political genius to sniff the smell of blood in the water.
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I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking action--no matter what the action is--might help you feel better.
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It's just a freak of fate that I'm paid to write, not paying to print my own books - but I'd be doing it anyway: it's my life.
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Ridiculous sums of money can be confusing.
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Everything was meant to wind people up in Make It Big. I don't know why we had this great pleasure in winding people up, but we really did think they would get the joke. And it backfired on us.
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I’m just me, and me is confusing.
