Courtney Barnett Quotes
I grew up listening to Nirvana and then went through some bad '90s pop stuff - a lot of Australian one-hit wonders.
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Clothes have to be simple and comfortable.
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I hardly ever write when I'm just feeling great.
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Going to hospital is rather like going to an alien planet.
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Everyone asks me if I'm the princess or if my brothers beat me up. The younger ones I can deck pretty easily. With the older ones, it's harder.
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What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.
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I can't do choreographed movement. It has to come from my heart... and my pelvis.
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Sure I'm leaving the Bee Gees. I'm going into films.
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Life is not easy in politics.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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Being a celebrity is a business.
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As long as you believe in Him, no matter what happens in your life, understand that it's all for a purpose.
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There is a profound difference between information and meaning.
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When I travel with my kids abroad, I am not myself, but I'm more a father who wants to protect them. Sometimes, I am even aggressive about certain things and get surprised seeing myself like that: for instance, when people want to take pictures of them. I am fine if they want to take my pictures, but they are not public property.
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A game of soccer induces more than enjoyment, more than entertainment.
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It's called a pen. It's like a printer, hooked straight to my brain.
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I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and live in the warm day like corn and melons.
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You were born as the one you are.
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Beauty is an asset, just like physical prowess, charisma, brains or emotional intelligence. The key with any gift is in the way that you use it. It doesn't define you as a person. Rather, it's an asset to be used judiciously and with an understanding of how it is just a small part of who you are.
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The quality of festival Q&As is often a matter of chance. Sometimes the lights come up on movies I loved, and not a single meaningful question is asked. Sometimes it's the opposite.
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My favorite thing about acting is that I can play all kinds of different people. Frankly, I don't consider myself a very interesting person, so the characters I play are usually much more fun.
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If James Franco's wearing a costume, and I'm wearing a motion capture suit, we don't act any differently with each other because of what we're wearing. We're embodying our roles.
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Optimism - even, and perhaps especially in the face of difficulty - has long been an American hallmark.
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Living rationally and authentically does not mean that you map out your future by thinking carefully about what it would be like if you chose one path versus another path and then choosing on that basis.
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I grew up listening to Nirvana and then went through some bad '90s pop stuff - a lot of Australian one-hit wonders.
