Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes
When in the Land of Property think like a propertarian. Dress like one, eat like one, act like one, be one.
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We will always make music, but Die Antwoord is... finite.
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Verse in itself does not constitute poetry. Verse is only an elegant vestment for a beautiful form. Poetry can express itself in prose, but it does so more perfectly under the grace and majesty of verse. It is poetry of soul that inspires noble sentiments and noble actions as well as noble writings.
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The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
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There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people.
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My aunt took me to see 'Salad Days' when I was seven. This story of a magic piano that infects everyone who hears it infected me, too. It was a Road to Damascus moment in my life.
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I have the rare privilege of talking to my dad every night at 10 p.m. and hearing about what he did that day.
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Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them.
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There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Ireland was the only place where this did not turn out to be true.
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My approach is to be part of a band that makes music, not hit songs.
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You always gotta be on time, an hour ahead of everything. You always gotta be prepared.
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As for the Canadians - good actors and good directors are sometimes taken by the American market, you know, if they're good enough.
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When I first moved to New York, all I did was musical theater. That's what I studied at Carnegie Mellon University.
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As far as the creative side of making great, great albums and really trying to go down in history? I don't see that happening lately, you know what I mean? You have a lot of guys is talented, but at the same time, timeless music is more important to me.
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I want everyone to know what they deserve in relationships: that they can demand equality and kindness. Because everyone will have a relationship at some point in their life. It's what we all do, every day, and we need to know how to do it.
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I had seen AIDS patients in India and Africa, and knowing that people were dying even though drugs existed that could help them was shattering for me.
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Wealth is just consistency... I don't want to be rich. I want to be wealthy.
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When you're having conversations about actors, you realize these same conversations have happened about you. If you want to make a film for $5m, then you cast A, B and C, but if you want $20m, you won't be able to cast them, you need X, Y and Z.
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I think, more than anything else, my dog's death has made me grow up. I find myself thinking about the world in a more serious way.
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Palestinians want a state of their own. They want to live in freedom. They want to get rid of the terrible misery in which they are living. They are ready after fifty years to accept a state of their own in 22 percent of what used to be the country of Palestine. I think it is the height of stupidity on our part if we don't grasp this opportunity.
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I grew up pretty much entertaining myself. So I know what its like to be in a room by myself and having fun with something.
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The situation now is really very different from the 1980s.
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He was a secret agent, and still alive thanks to his exact attention to the detail of his profession.
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Happiness and beauty are the worst things you can have in a life, because you never forget them. They go on and on ambushing you, presumably until you die.
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When in the Land of Property think like a propertarian. Dress like one, eat like one, act like one, be one.
