Kate Orff Quotes
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For my own part, I have been wont to converse with poverty; and however disagreeable a companion she may be thought to be by the affluent and luxurious, who were never acquainted with her, I can live happily with her the remainder of my life if I can thereby contribute to the redemption of my country.
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I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.
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I don't really see myself as an actor.
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You accomplish what you want to accomplish. I just don't ever want to hurt anybody doing it.
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Over recent years, urbanisation, globalisation and the destruction of local cultures has led to a rise in the prevalence of mental illness in the developing world.
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When I started stand-up, the first thing I did was to take an improv class.
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I learned long ago that the most effective way to compete is to play your own game, and I've been competing with men my whole life.
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It's very hard to get to the top. It's hardest to stay at the top.
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When I leaf through Fackel issues of my slave years, I am seized by horror. Anyone released from bondage must feel like this.
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There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.
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'It became like a symbolic thing, to be 'an artist.' After Duchamp, I realized that being an artist is more about a lifestyle and attitude than producing some product.'
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Every great work of art ... is a celebration, an act of insubordination against the betrayals, horrors and infidelities of life.
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Being a songwriter, my job is just to write songs for people. I'm not attached to them.
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I have that precious commodity - freedom. I can live my life a day at a time, and I am open to whatever the next day brings. I know I sound as if I have been off with some guru in India, but I haven't. I've come to realise the value of being able to decide for oneself.
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Every song on '10 Day' is a completely different sound - the cadence, the flow, even the production - because I like so many different types of music and because my taste is so refined. 'Acid Rap' is another tape where every song sounds different.
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I'd love to work with the people who really got the film industry going again through the '70s: Peter Weir, Bruce Beresford, Gillian Armstrong, Fred Schepisi.
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I'm so happy with my family, my career and my friends, and I'd like for them to be here forever, so I guess loss is what scares me the most.
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I believe the state needs to control hydrocarbons.
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Lying in the political sphere has gotten out of hand, and because people tend to dismiss things that challenge their preconceived notions of the world, fact checkers can only play a small part in remedying the problem.
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I think every English actor is nervous of a Newcastle accent.
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Being of tall stature, it's rare to get a series regular role.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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My dream is remaking and reforming a more sustainable, more livable, delicious future.
