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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Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass - you don't see it, but somehow it does something.
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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 was at a book convention, in a cab. On one side of me was Arthur Schlesinger; on the other side was William Manchester - real heavyweights. All they were doing was asking me about Charles Manson. The only thing that enables me not to be bored is the people talking about it - they're so interested.
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Directing Marilyn Monroe was like directing Lassie. You needed fourteen takes to get each one of them right.
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The conscious mind determines the actions, the unconscious mind determines the reactions; and the reactions are just as important as the actions.
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A lot of times, if you're not getting inspiration right away, we'll listen to stuff to get inspired.
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You work for a long period of time and the results don't really show, but at some point everything just comes together and you start to play better, or get more confidence.
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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.
