Charlie Jane Anders Quotes
Listen to yourself, hear your own footsteps, your breaths, your heartbeats, oh, how many rhythms you make as you come and go! you are an orchestra.
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With the price of life these days, you've got to get everything for free you can.
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Nothing's better than coming away from a film when people don't even recognize you, because you've undergone a total transformation.
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When you negotiate with terrorists, you get more terror.
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The very important thing you should have is patience.
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If you're human, you've had phases in your life when things are in flux.
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You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind.
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You can't try to be authentic. You either are or you aren't.
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I guess when I first started speaking with an American accent, there's a tendency to create a caricature of the accent because you just exaggerate the pieces that stand out to you.
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Commit yourself to a mighty purpose.
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I think you only really feel like an outsider if you've been an insider.
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That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them.
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You can't take sides when you know the earth is round.
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When you have a half slice of chocolate pie, it's as if you owe yourself the other half - what's known in medical circles as a 'caloric deficit.'
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There are ogres and black beasts out there; you have to be constantly on guard.
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Attraction is what happens between you. It's not universal. And it's not conventional. And thank God for that.
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Oh, did I tell you I have a cookbook? I have a cookbook deal.
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When you're a dancer who is injured, you are at the bottom of the food chain. We are so replaceable.
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In stand-up it really helps to play yourself and talk about your own feelings. You cannot fail to be original if you're just talking about what you think about X, Y and Z. Unless you've got a twin brother who's also a stand-up.
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If your investing approach requires that you become Nostradamus to succeed, then you are destined to fail.
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You can only milk a cow so long, then you're left holding the pail.
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You think that adulthood will hit and you'll suddenly be more capable. But that doesn't happen, ever, does it?
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There is no consensus, there is no homogeneity, there is no truth.
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It is amazing how many of the horrors of the 20th century were a result of charismatic quacks misleading millions of people to their own doom. What is even more amazing is that, after a century that saw the likes of Hitler, Lenin and Mao, we still see no need to distrust charisma as a basis for choosing leaders, either in politics or in numerous organizations and movements.
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Listen to yourself, hear your own footsteps, your breaths, your heartbeats, oh, how many rhythms you make as you come and go! you are an orchestra.
