Kate Zambreno Quotes
She smoked because she craved something to do with her hands, that delicate interplay of light and cup and first inhale. Craved the repetition of it. It was so difficult sometimes to be still in a room, alone with oneself. To bare oneself to the lonely.
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I don't really write jokes down. I tend to have a premise that I work out and test on stage.
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The relationship with time changes when you're captive.
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I think a woman looks best in a sari.
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I was pretty much grown-up by the time I attended school in Britain - or as grown-up as I'll ever get.
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Nothing says, 'I pay attention to detail!' like footwear flattery from a boy.
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I want the news delivered unbiased. I thought that was the whole point with journalism.
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I'm an old trial lawyer.
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Why not celebrate those who want to marry and bring up a family?
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I don't sleep well. I rehash everything in bed. The mind's still working.
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As a kid, I was obsessed with space. Well, I was obsessed with nuclear science too, to a point, but before that, I was obsessed with space, and I was really excited about, you know, being an astronaut and designing rockets, which was something that was always exciting to me.
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I don't like having to be pushed into a box.
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I can't think of any more powerful moment than when you stand on a stage.
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What Spotify pays me is not even enough to pay the musicians playing with me or the people working on the discs. It's not working. Something is going to have to give.
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I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.
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'All-Star Wonder Woman' would get worked on in what is laughably referred to as my 'spare time.' I just ended up with less and less time to devote to it. Eventually, we all realized that it was taking forever, so we just all agreed to hold off on it 'til the time was right to do it properly. Well, I still have a contract; DC never tore it up.
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Politicians make phony promises all the time that they can't deliver.
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I have no big career plan. It is better for me that way.
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I feel like after acting, the other half of why I love this business is the opportunity to work with and meet people who inspire you. That it pays my rent is a good bonus.
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I went swimming the other day and my wife was watching and she said, 'You know, it's funny, it's when you've got no clothes on, no one recognizes you.' I said, 'What are you saying? That I should do more love scenes?'
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They say the camera never lies. It lies every day.
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Sometimes, you just have to reassure the ones you love in precise language that you'll always be there. Sometimes words are enough.
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What we can and should change is ourselves: our impatience, our egoism (including intellectual egoism), our sense of injury, our lack of love and forbearance. I regard every other attempt to change the world, even if it springs from the best intentions, as futile.
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She smoked because she craved something to do with her hands, that delicate interplay of light and cup and first inhale. Craved the repetition of it. It was so difficult sometimes to be still in a room, alone with oneself. To bare oneself to the lonely.
