Karl Marlantes Quotes
I knew many Marines had done brave deeds that no one saw and for which they got no medals at all. I was having a very hard time carrying those medals and didn't have the insight or maturity to know what to do with my combination of guilt and pride.
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I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.
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We've learned a lot about how information needs to flow effectively amongst a group of people. They need to be fed information, and it needs to be on this constant conveyor belt.
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All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men; and in this respect artists might well be regarded as man multiplied by two. So it is, was, and shall be.
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We want to use the environment to shift the way our society works.
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Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
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If you're going to make a sequel to 'Sicario', you have to - you know, you've got to go beat a brand new path.
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You don't move just because you want to go from this point to that point - the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words.
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Practically, I am interested in television because it keeps me home and it's fast, and I exist in independent films mostly, and you don't get paid for those, or you don't get paid enough.
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I'm under five feet; I'm very small, 4'11 1/2.
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My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
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The difference between Tinted Windows and Hanson shows is a lot of just repertoire. Hanson has been a band for years - we have a lot of songs to pull from and it's a different dynamic - a common kind of thread. With Tinted Windows - it's kind of a little like 'hey, we're this new band.'
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'EIla Enchanted' began in a marvelous writing course at New York City's The New School.
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We talk about quantum weirdness and things being in two places at once, but it all involves atoms and molecules, stuff we don't normally interact with.
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Looking beautiful isn't just about what you apply on your face. It's the little things you do that matter. A combination of a good diet, exercise, healthy habits, discipline, dancing etc. is what my beauty routine consists of. Also, I have no bad habits; I don't drink or smoke. All these contribute to me being fit and looking good.
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A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.
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I never predicted that I'd be a comedian, but it was something that came so naturally to me. I just felt good doing it.
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I don't have any respect at all for the scum-bags who went to Canada to avoid the draft or to avoid doing their fair share.
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Was his very boyishness the reason he was chosen? In that case, was it not a virtue to be admired, and not a failing to be despised?
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If I read in a paper that somebody has said something about me, I'm going to take it with a pinch of salt; I really am!
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A creationist can embarrass an evolutionist by asking for a definition of species.
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I'm always amazed when anybody remembers anything of my work, and even more so when I get nominated for something I've done. For many years, I was like a horse wearing a pair of blinkers as far as using these awards or nominations in order to boost my career was concerned.
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Bike lanes are the coolest. My favorite past time is flipping off cars from my bicycle. Just kidding - I'm more of a silent resentment kind of girl.
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I knew many Marines had done brave deeds that no one saw and for which they got no medals at all. I was having a very hard time carrying those medals and didn't have the insight or maturity to know what to do with my combination of guilt and pride.
