Emily Kokal Quotes
I guess what inspires me is when I am watching somebody else do something that really has an impact on me. That inspires me to want to do that in return.
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The first World War in so many ways shaped the 20th century and really remade our world for the worse.
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Most men have always wanted as much as they could get; and possession has always blunted the fine edge of their altruism.
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What I think I have in common with the school of deconstruction is the mode of negative thinking or negative awareness, in the technical, philosophical sense of the negative, but which comes to me through negative theology.
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I did not have a van, or wear Birkenstocks and tie-dyes.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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No one escapes from the past without bearing some of its burdens.
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My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel.
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Killers can seem smart when you can't figure out who they are.
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Music is art, art is life, and we are who we are, and all of these aforementioned women, unless they should choose not to, will be performing well into the next many decades because they are great artists.
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I never really thought of myself as being an action hero or a leading man or any of that. I'm a character actor.
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If you compromise in any kind of movement or any kind of wave of revolution, if you sort of play the game, things are gonna change far more slowly than you need them to.
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I do think taking the 20s to take the most chances you can is important, because you're not going to hurt anyone else during that time. And if you do have a partner, you need a couple years to rehearse that relationship.
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Rehab is endlessly repetitive. And it's never easy, because once you've mastered some movement or action or word, no matter how small, you move on to the next. You never rest.
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More than half of all the hip hop record sales are white people, and I think that might be a result of my record helping people to accept hip hop.
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Ty Walker doesn't wear suits very much. He's not used to being that pressed and conservative businessman. So, he's self-conscious anyway about walking around in these skinny-legged suits, and then for someone to sort of assume that's who he is, it really bothers him.
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As it defines itself, every society defines other societies. That definition almost always takes the form of a condemnation: the 'other' is the barbarian.
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Poetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry.
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The truth of the matter is being gay is the way I was born. I believe this to the core of my being.
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I actually don't have a single regret, professionally or domestically. I planned it that way.
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The soul of man is divided into three parts, intelligence, reason, and passion. Intelligence and passion are possessed by other animals, but reason by man alone.
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How much can you give to him when you get so little in return? Eventually I fear you’ll go dry and end up hating him.
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He said to me, 'It will always be difficult, but if you cry like this every time, you will die of heartbreak. Just know it is enough sometimes to know it is difficult.'
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Iran has been a neighbor for millenia, and will continue to be a neighbor for millenia. We have no issue with seeking to develop the best terms we can with Iran.
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I guess what inspires me is when I am watching somebody else do something that really has an impact on me. That inspires me to want to do that in return.
